COVID-19 pandemic in Bihar

The first case of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Indian state of Bihar was reported in Munger on 22 March 2020. A 38-year-old who was confirmed positive for coronavirus, was also its first victim.[1] He had travel history to Qatar.[2] The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has confirmed a total of 62,031 cases as of 4 August 2020, including 20,922 active cases, 349 deaths and 40,760 recoveries.[3] The virus has spread in 38 districts of the state, of which Patna has the highest number of cases.[4]

COVID-19 pandemic in Bihar
Map of districts with confirmed cases (as of 16 August 2020)    250+ cases    150+ cases    100+ cases    600+ cases    50+ cases    0-10 cases
Disease	COVID-19
Virus strain	SARS-COV-2
Location	Bihar
First outbreak	Wuhan , China
Index case	Munger
Arrival date	22 March 2020 (4 months, 3 weeks and 4 days)
Confirmed cases	62,031 (4 August 2020)
Active cases	20,922
Recovered	40,760 (4 August 2020)
Deaths	349 (4 August 2020)
Fatality rate	0.56%
Territories	38 Districts
Government website
Official website www.mohfw.gov.in

The state is under lockdown since 25 March. The state government has responded to the outbreak by following a contact-tracing, testing, and home to home surveillance model. Bihar Government faces much criticism related to migrant workers and students studying in Kota.

The state has begun witnessing a spike in the number of COVID-19 cases as the migrant workers and many people of Bihar stranded in other parts of the country returned to Bihar. Many of them tested positive for coronavirus when they were in quarantine in the respective quarantine centers of the state.

Bihar's total fatality rate due to COVID-19 is likely to be lowest in the country with respect to other states having a similar number of cases. And Bihar average recovery rate 76, is also better than national average recovery rate.

Timeline

Initially, due to less international travel to Bihar, it reported fewer cases than other states, but once the travel ban lifted and due to the return of migrant laborers and student Bihar has witnessed in the spike of cases.

• Bihar reported its first case on 22 March 2020.
• Bihar reported its 100 cases on 20 April 2020. It took almost 1 month to reach the 100th case.
• Bihar reported 1000 cases on 14 May 2020.
• Bihar reported 5000 cases on 8 June 2020.
• Bihar reported 5000 recoveries on 19 June 2020.
• Bihar reported 10000 cases on 01 July 2020.
• On 10 July, Bihar reported 10,000 recovery mark.

COVID-19 cases in Bihar, India  ()      Deaths        Recoveries        Active cases Mar Mar Apr Apr May May Jun Jun Jul Jul Aug Aug Last 15 days Last 15 days
Date			# of cases	# of deaths
2020-03-23		​	3(n.a.)	1(n.a.)
2020-03-24		​	3(=)	1(=)
2020-03-25		​	4(+33%)	1(=)
2020-03-26		​	7(+75%)	1(=)
2020-03-27		​	9(+29%)	1(=)
2020-03-28		​	11(+22%)	1(=)
2020-03-29		​	15(+36%)	1(=)
2020-03-30		​	15(=)	1(=)
2020-03-31		​	21(+40%)	1(=)
2020-04-01		​	24(+14%)	1(=)
2020-04-02		​ ​	29(+21%)	1(=)
2020-04-03		​ ​	31(+6.9%)	1(=)
2020-04-04		​ ​	32(+3.2%)	1(=)
2020-04-05		​ ​	32(=)	1(=)
2020-04-06		​ ​	32(=)	1(=)
2020-04-07		​ ​	38(+19%)	1(=)
2020-04-08		​ ​	39(+2.6%)	1(=)
2020-04-09		​ ​	58(+49%)	1(=)
2020-04-10		​ ​	60(+3.4%)	1(=)
2020-04-11		​ ​	64(+6.7%)	1(=)
2020-04-12		​ ​	64(=)	1(=)
2020-04-13		​ ​	66(+3.1%)	1(=)
2020-04-14		​ ​	66(=)	1(=)
2020-04-15		​ ​	72(+9.1%)	1(=)
2020-04-16		​ ​	83(+15%)	1(=)
2020-04-17		​ ​ ​	85(+2.4%)	2(+1)
2020-04-18		​ ​ ​	86(+1.2%)	2(=)
2020-04-19		​ ​ ​	96(+12%)	2(=)
2020-04-20		​ ​ ​	113(+18%)	2(=)
2020-04-21		​ ​ ​	126(+12%)	2(=)
2020-04-22		​ ​ ​	143(+13%)	2(=)
2020-04-23		​ ​ ​	170(+19%)	2(=)
2020-04-24		​ ​ ​	223(+31%)	2(=)
2020-04-25		​ ​ ​	251(+13%)	2(=)
2020-04-26		​ ​ ​	277(+10%)	2(=)
2020-04-27		​ ​ ​	346(+25%)	2(=)
2020-04-28		​ ​ ​	366(+5.8%)	2(=)
2020-04-29		​ ​ ​	403(+10%)	2(=)
2020-04-30		​ ​ ​	425(+5.5%)	2(=)
2020-05-01		​ ​ ​	466(+9.6%)	3(+1)
2020-05-02		​ ​ ​	482(+3.4%)	4(+1)
2020-05-03		​ ​ ​	517(+7.3%)	4(=)
2020-05-04		​ ​ ​	528(+2.1%)	4(=)
2020-05-05		​ ​ ​	535(+1.3%)	4(=)
2020-05-06		​ ​ ​	542(+1.3%)	4(=)
2020-05-07		​ ​ ​	550(+1.5%)	5(+1)
2020-05-08		​ ​ ​	569(+3.5%)	5(=)
2020-05-09		​ ​ ​	611(+7.4%)	5(=)
2020-05-10		​ ​ ​	707(+16%)	6(+1)
2020-05-11		​ ​ ​	761(+7.6%)	6(=)
2020-05-12		​ ​ ​	879(+16%)	6(=)
2020-05-13		​ ​ ​	953(+8.4%)	7(+1)
2020-05-14		​ ​ ​	999(+4.8%)	7(=)
2020-05-15		​ ​ ​	1,079(+8%)	7(=)
2020-05-16		​ ​ ​	1,178(+9.2%)	8(+1)
2020-05-17		​ ​ ​	1,326(+13%)	8(=)
2020-05-18		​ ​ ​	1,442(+8.7%)	9(+1)
2020-05-19		​ ​ ​	1,786(+24%)	9(=)
2020-05-20		​ ​ ​	1,987(+11%)	9(=)
2020-05-21		​ ​ ​	2,166(+9%)	10(+1)
2020-05-22		​ ​ ​	2,394(+11%)	11(+1)
2020-05-23		​ ​ ​	2,574(+7.5%)	11(=)
2020-05-24		​ ​ ​	2,737(+6.3%)	13(+2)
2020-05-25		​ ​ ​	2,960(+8.1%)	14(+1)
2020-05-26		​ ​ ​	2,960(=)	15(+1)
2020-05-27		​ ​ ​	3,036(+2.6%)	15(=)
2020-05-28		​ ​ ​	3,185(+4.9%)	16(+1)
2020-05-29		​ ​ ​	3,359(+5.5%)	17(+1)
2020-05-30		​ ​ ​	3,565(+6.1%)	21(+4)
2020-05-31		​ ​ ​	3,692(+3.6%)	23(+2)
2020-06-01		​ ​ ​	3,872(+4.9%)	23(=)
2020-06-02		​ ​ ​	4,049(+4.6%)	24(+1)
2020-06-03		​ ​ ​	4,273(+5.5%)	25(+1)
2020-06-04		​ ​ ​	4,420(+3.4%)	28(+3)
2020-06-05		​ ​ ​	4,551(+3%)	29(+1)
2020-06-06		​ ​ ​	4,745(+4.3%)	29(=)
2020-06-07		​ ​ ​	4,972(+4.8%)	30(+1)
2020-06-08		​ ​ ​	5,176(+4.1%)	31(+1)
2020-06-09		​ ​ ​	5,364(+3.6%)	33(+2)
2020-06-10		​ ​ ​	5,583(+4.1%)	34(+1)
2020-06-11		​ ​ ​	5,807(+4%)	34(=)
2020-06-12		​ ​ ​	6,043(+4.1%)	35(+1)
2020-06-13		​ ​ ​	6,183(+2.3%)	35(=)
2020-06-14		​ ​ ​	6,355(+2.8%)	36(+1)
2020-06-15		​ ​ ​	6,585(+3.6%)	38(+2)
2020-06-16		​ ​ ​	6,736(+2.3%)	39(+1)
2020-06-17		​ ​ ​	6,889(+2.3%)	39(=)
2020-06-18		​ ​ ​	6,993(+1.5%)	44(+5)
2020-06-19		​ ​ ​	7,178(+2.6%)	49(+5)
2020-06-20		​ ​ ​	7,380(+2.8%)	49(=)
2020-06-21		​ ​ ​	7,602(+3%)	51(+2)
2020-06-22		​ ​ ​	7,808(+2.7%)	52(+1)
2020-06-23		​ ​ ​	7,974(+2.1%)	54(+2)
2020-06-24		​ ​ ​	8,180(+2.6%)	55(+1)
2020-06-25		​ ​ ​	8,381(+2.5%)	56(+1)
2020-06-26		​ ​ ​	8,611(+2.7%)	56(=)
2020-06-27		​ ​ ​	8,859(+2.9%)	58(+2)
2020-06-28		​ ​ ​	9,117(+2.9%)	62(+4)
2020-06-29		​ ​ ​	9,506(+4.3%)	63(+1)
2020-06-30		​ ​ ​	9,744(+2.5%)	68(+5)
2020-07-01		​ ​ ​	10,075(+3.4%)	73(+5)
2020-07-02		​ ​ ​	10,392(+3.1%)	78(+5)
2020-07-03		​ ​ ​	10,911(+5%)	84(+6)
2020-07-04		​ ​ ​	11,457(+5%)	88(+4)
2020-07-05		​ ​ ​	11,860(+3.5%)	90(+2)
2020-07-06		​ ​ ​	12,140(+2.4%)	97(+7)
2020-07-07		​ ​ ​	12,525(+3.2%)	98(+1)
2020-07-08		​ ​ ​	13,274(+6%)	100(+2)
2020-07-09		​ ​ ​	13,978(+5.3%)	100(=)
2020-07-10		​ ​ ​	14,330(+2.5%)	111(+11)
2020-07-11		​ ​ ​	15,039(+4.9%)	118(+7)
2020-07-12		​ ​ ​	16,305(+8.4%)	125(+7)
2020-07-13		​ ​ ​	17,421(+6.8%)	134(+9)
2020-07-14		​ ​ ​	18,853(+8.2%)	143(+9)
2020-07-15		​ ​ ​	20,173(+7%)	157(+14)
2020-07-16		​ ​ ​	21,558(+6.9%)	167(+10)
2020-07-17		​ ​ ​	23,330(+8.2%)	173(+6)
2020-07-18		​ ​ ​	24,967(+7%)	177(+4)
2020-07-19		​ ​ ​	26,379(+5.7%)	179(+2)
2020-07-20		​ ​ ​	27,455(+4.1%)	187(+8)
2020-07-21		​ ​ ​	28,564(+4%)	198(+11)
2020-07-22		​ ​ ​	30,066(+5.3%)	208(+10)
2020-07-23		​ ​ ​	31,691(+5.4%)	212(+4)
2020-07-24		​ ​ ​	33,511(+5.7%)	221(+9)
2020-07-25		​ ​ ​	36,314(+8.4%)	232(+11)
2020-07-26		​ ​ ​	38,919(+7.2%)	249(+17)
2020-07-27		​ ​ ​	41,111(+5.6%)	255(+6)
2020-07-28		​ ​ ​	43,591(+6%)	269(+14)
2020-07-29		​ ​ ​	45,919(+5.3%)	273(+4)
2020-07-30		​ ​ ​	48,001(+4.5%)	285(+12)
2020-07-31		​ ​ ​	50,987(+6.2%)	298(+13)
2020-08-01		​ ​ ​	54,508(+6.9%)	312(+14)
2020-08-02		​ ​ ​	57,270(+5.1%)	322(+10)
2020-08-03		​ ​ ​	59,567(+4%)	336(+14)
2020-08-04		​ ​ ​	62,031(+4.1%)	349(+13)
Sources: MoHFW and Bihar Health Dept.

April

• Highest number of cases reported on 27 April. The total new cases reported were 69.
• Up to 27 April total home screened by health workers is 7459917.
• On 28 April total 19 new cases reported and 7 recovered.
• On 28 April Corona spread to 27 districts including 2 new districts.
• Total testing done till 28 April is 19790.
• Till 28 April total 6 Government lab is functional for testing in Bihar. Four labs in Patna and 1 lab each in Muzaffarpur and Darbhanga.
• On 29 April total 26 new cases reported and 1 recovered. Corona spread to two more districts.
• On 30 April total 22 new cases reported and a total of 19 people recovered.

May

• On 1 May total 41 new cases, 1 death, and 14 patient recovered reported, and corona spread to one more district (katihar).
• On 2 May total 16 new cases, 1 death, and 26 people recovered.
• On 3 May total 35 new cases, 7 people recovered and corona spread to one more district (Sheohar).
• On 4 May total 8 new cases, 5 people recovered.
• On 5 May total 7 new cases, 33 people recovered.
• On 6 May total 7 new cases, 28 people recovered.
• On 7 May total 8 new cases, 58 people recovered and corona spread to one more district.
• On 8 May total 19 news cases, 49 people recovered Corona spread to 4 new districts (supaul, saharsa, kisanganj, khagaria).
• On 9 May total 41 news cases, 51 people recovered Corona spread to 1 new district (Muzaffarpur[5]).
• On 10 May total 96 new cases, 40 people recovered and 1 died. 3 private labs approved by the government for COVID-19 testing.
• On 11 May total 54 new cases reported.
• On 12 May total 118 new cases. Most of the cases are the migrant worker case. As per the government, they were in government quarantine centers.
• On 17 May total 148 new cases reported (highest single day case)

June

• 13 June, single day recovery(370) recorded.
• On 18 June, Bihar recorded the death(5) count due to Covid-19.
• On 25 June, Bihar single day recovery (374) recorded.

July

• On 6 July, Bihar recorded the death count(7) due to Covid-19.
• On 10 July, Bihar recorded 11 death and 459 recoveries.

Response

Zones

To tackle the outbreak of coronavirus in an effective and structured manner, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, has classified the country's districts in three different zones; Red, Orange, and Green, based on the severity of outbreak in those areas.[6]

The following is the list of districts of Bihar classified in their respective zones[7]

S.No.	Zones	Districts
1.	Red (Hotspot)	Munger, Patna, Rohtas, Buxar, Gaya
2.	Orange (Non-Hotspot)	Kaimur, Nalanda, Siwan, Bhojpur, Begusarai, Aurangabad, East Champaran, Madhubani, Bhagalpur, Arwal ,Saran, Gopalganj ,Nawada ,Lakhisarai ,Banka, Vaishali, Darbhanga ,Jehanabad ,Madhepura, Purnia, Muzaffarpur, Sheikhpura ,Araria, Jamui, Katihar ,Khagaria ,Kishanganj , Pashchim Champaran , Saharsa, Samastipur ,Sheohar, Sitamarhi, Supaul
3.	Green (COVID-19 free)

Testing Centres

As of 10 May 2020, the state has 10 laboratories (7 government labs and 3 private labs) approved by ICMR for testing. Till 9 may, no private labs were approved to do Covid-19 testing in Bihar. On 10 May Bihar health department has permitted 2 private labs to collect samples and test for COVID-19. The rate of testing has been fixed and that is 4500 rs. [8]

• On 15 May 1 more government lab approved to do Covid-19 testing.
• On 16 May 1 more government lab approved to do Covid-19 testing.
• On 18 May 3 more government lab approved to do Covid-19 testing.
• On 19 May 2 more government lab approved to do Covid-19 testing.
• On 20 May 1 more government lab approved to do Covid-19 testing.
• On 21 May 1 more government lab approved to do Covid-19 testing. With that total testing center in Bihar reached 19(16 government lab and 3 private labs).

	COVID-19 Testing Centers in Bihar
No.	Institute	City	Testing facility started on	Type	Address\Detail
1	RMRIMS	Patna	7 March 2020	Government
2	IGIMS	Patna	25 March 2020	Government
3	DMCH	Darbhanga	2 April 2020	Government
4	PMCH	Patna	6 April 2020	Government
5	SKMCH	Muzaffarpur	13 April 2020	Government
6	AIIMS	Patna	15 April 2020	Government
7	JLNMCH	Bhagalpur	3 May 2020	Government
8	Dr. Lal Path Labs	Online	10 May 2020	Private	Website: www.lalpathlabs.com, Mobile Number: 8527483085
9	Path Kind Diagnostics Pvt. Ltd	Patna	10 May 2020	Private	Mobile Number: 7827949761/ 7827949762
10	Path Kind Diagnostics Pvt. Ltd	Muzaffarpur	10 May 2020	Private	Mobile Number: 7827949750
11	VIMS	Pawapuri	15 May 2020	Government
12	District hospital	Siwan	16 May 2020	Government
13	JKTMCH	Madhepura	18 May 2020	Government
14	GMC	Bettiah	18 May 2020	Government
15	ANMMCH	Gaya	18 May 2020	Government
16	District hospital	Munger	19 May 2020	Government
17	TBDC	Motiihari	19 May 2020	Government
18	JLNMCH	Bhagalpur	20 May 2020	Government
19	District Hospital	Rohtas	21 May 2020	Government

Testing Summary

Summary of test results

Samples tested	687,154
Tests per 1 million people	5,749
Positive per 100 Tests	9
Tested negative	625,123
Tested positive	62,031
Results Awaited	-
Active Case	20,922
Recovery Rate	66

Total tests done is 687,154 as per 31 July [9][10] 21,271 reported active, 349 decreased and 40760 people recovered.[11]

Public Health Strategy

Government Quarantine Facility

In late March, as migrants workers started returning to Bihar, the state government imposed mandatory 14 days quarantining at government relief camps.[12] Initially in late May, the state government created three layers of quarantining[13]:

Category	Level	Source
A	Block	11 cities: Surat, Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Delhi, Pune,Ghaziabad, Faridabad, Gurgram, Noida, Kolkata, and Bangalore
B	Panchayat	UP, MP, Rajasthan and Haryana (except some towns)
C	Village	Elsewhere

But within days, the government changed strategy to only have returnee migrants from category A (Block level) be mandatorily put in institutional quarantine, while the rest were sent for home quarantine if found asymptomatic.[14] The camps were closed down on 15 June and the last registration for institutional quarantining took place on 1 June.[15] The reason given for this was that reportedly the last batch of migrant workers came back on the 1st of June and the ones who came to Bihar after that aren't necessary returnee migrant workers. The other reasons was that most of these camps operated out of schools, which needed to be vacated as the government planned to reopen schools in July.[16] As of 14th June, there were 288 Block Quarantine Camps with a total of 15,33,392 persons registered for quarantining.[17]

While operational, these camps provided three meals a day to them, as well as a minimum financial assistance of ₹1,000.[17] To combat rapid population growth, the state government also provided kits containing condoms, contraceptives, and pregnancy tests to the discharged migrants.[18] As of 10 June, 17 lakh condoms were distributed to the migrants.[19]

High-level Multi-disciplinary Central Teams

Bihar is one of the 15 states and Union Territories which will get technical support and administrative hand-holding from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare through central teams composed of two public health experts, epidemiologists, clinicians and a senior Joint Secretary level nodal officer.[20] The central team will assist the health department of the state government in implementing containment measures and management of clinical cases. The team will also improve coordination between the state government, and the district and municipal level authorities for public health response on the field.

Economic Strategy

Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan

Main article: Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan

This central scheme will be launched in six states, including Bihar, on 20 June 2020 from Telihar village of Khagaria district of Bihar.[21] 32 districts in Bihar will be part of the scheme.[22] This scheme will provide employment opportunities to both rural workers and returnee migrant workers, and develop rural infrastructure. Under the scheme, 25 different types of work will be provided under mission mode. 12 different central government ministries and departments - Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Road Transport & Highways, Mines, Drinking Water & Sanitation, Environment, Railways, Petroleum & Natural Gas, New & Renewable Energy, Border Roads, Telecom and Agriculture - will be involved in this scheme.

The scheme will be launched in the following districts:[22]

East Champaran, West Champaran, Muzaffarpur, Vaishali, Darbhanga, Purnia, Gaya, Madhubani, Araria, Saran, Rohtas, Samastipur, Banka, Khagaria, Begusarai, Supaul, Bhagalpur, Saharsa, Aurangabad, Buxar, Kishanganj, Madhepura, Sitamarhi, Bhojpur, Siwan, Patna, Nalanda, Gopalganj, Jamui, Nawada and Kaimur.

State Government Response

The Bihar government has mapped the skills of more than 17 lakhs of migrant-labourers and has engage more than 6 to 7 lakhs of them in different schemes employment schemes.[22]

Impact

Migrant Workers Crisis

Observing the situation of workers throughout the country, the central government and Indian railway decided to run the "Shramik Special" between states to help workers to reach their home state. Till 13 May over 169 Shramik special train reached Bihar different city from other states.

• 
  Migrant worker cases between 4 May to 15 May
• 
  Migrant worker cases till 15 May.

Bihar health department release data on 15 May about total cases related to the migrant workers.

• Total Migrant positive case report 358 from 4 May to 15 May.
• Total 416 migrant positive case reported till 15 May.[23]

Statistics

District wise details

#	District	Total	Deaths	Recovered	Active Cases
1	Araria	278	2	167	109
2	Arwal	257	1	160	96
3	Aurangabad	461	2	344	115
4	Banka	371	1	303	67
5	Begusarai	1076	7	688	381
6	Bhagalpur	1601	16	965	620
7	Bhojpur	677	4	368	305
8	Buxar	427	0	293	134
9	Darbhanga	494	10	391	93
10	Gaya	826	13	384	429
11	Gopalganj	628	1	455	172
12	Jamui	368	1	190	177
13	Jehanabad	455	4	333	118
14	Kaimur	313	3	240	70
15	Katihar	577	2	527	48
16	Khagaria	678	5	441	232
17	Kishanganj	333	3	225	105
18	Lakhisarai	456	0	221	335
19	Madhepura	344	1	255	88
20	Madhubani	713	2	609	102
21	Munger	826	5	540	281
22	Muzaffarpur	1151	8	773	370
23	Nalanda	1047	7	461	579
24	Nawada	844	4	591	249
25	West Champaran	868	5	356	507
26	Patna	3696	28	1951	1717
27	East Champaran	626	7	491	128
28	Purnia	518	2	411	105
29	Rohtas	860	6	480	374
30	Saharsa	364	1	296	67
31	Samastipur	745	7	470	268
32	Saran	689	7	421	268
33	Sheikhpura	287	0	182	105
34	Sheohar	158	1	116	41
35	Sitamarhi	245	3	169	73
36	Siwan	1102	6	592	504
37	Supaul	493	0	379	114
38	Vaishali	527	4	359	163
Total (all districts)		26369	179	16597	9602
As of 19 July 2020

COVID-19 daily graph by total number of cases, recoveries and death

Daily new cases

Daily Recovered

[24] [25]

Daily new death

Active cases

Map Statistics

• 
  Confirmed Cases as of 09 June 2020
• 
  Recovered Cases as of 09 June 2020
• 
  No. Of Deaths as of 09 June 2020

Cases outside Bihar

See also

• COVID-19 pandemic in India
• Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in India
• COVID-19 pandemic in Uttar Pradesh
• COVID-19 pandemic in Assam
• COVID-19 pandemic in Delhi
• COVID-19 pandemic in Gujarat
• COVID-19 pandemic in Haryana
• COVID-19 pandemic in Karnataka
• COVID-19 pandemic in Kerala
• COVID-19 pandemic in Madhya Pradesh
• COVID-19 pandemic in Maharashtra
• COVID-19 pandemic in Punjab
• COVID-19 pandemic in Rajasthan
• COVID-19 pandemic in Tamil Nadu
• COVID-19 pandemic in Telangana
• COVID-19 pandemic in Odisha
• COVID-19 pandemic in West Bengal

Notes

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