Punjab returnees to Bihar record lowest Covid infection rate

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Punjab returnees to Bihar record lowest Covid infection rate

Thursday, 04 June 2020 | PNS | Chandigarh

Vindicating the robust and accessible healthcare infrastructure in Punjab, only two percent of migrants returning to Bihar from the State have been found to have contracted the novel coronavirus as revealed by the random sampling conducted by the Bihar Government.

Only three persons, out of 157 tested, on return to Bihar from Punjab have shown positive symptoms, said the state Health Department spokesperson adding that this fact assumes greater significance in the backdrop of huge percentage of positive figures in comparison with the other states.

“Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh, from very beginning, had directed to ensure strict compliance of all health protocols making it priority to save precious lives. Punjab is among the first states to enforce strict lockdown, besides the first State with equal focus on ensuring availability of essential commodities at doorstep of people,” the spokesperson said.

Sharing figures of other states, the spokesperson added that Delhi recorded the highest percentage with as many as 218 (26 percent) found positive out of 835 tested. In case of those returning from West Bengal total of 373 samples were collected of which 265 were tested and 33 were found positive thus making it 12 percent. In terms of Maharashtra, a total of 2083 samples of labourers were collected by the Bihar Government and 1283 were tested and out of these 141, that is 11 percent were found positive.

The neighbouring State of Haryana accounted for nine percent migrant population from Bihar being found positive. A total of 690 samples were collected out of which 390 were found tested and 36 came out negative.

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