Bihar: RJD Leader Raghuvansh Prasad Singh Tests Positive For Coronavirus; Admitted To AIIMS In Patna

Dr Raghuvansh Prasad Singh Singh had breathing congestion and complaint of pneumonia following which has was admitted to AIIMS hospital in Patna.

Raghuvansh Prasad Singh has represented the Vaishali constituency of Bihar and is the national vice president of RJD. (File Photo/ Getty)

Patna: Senior Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Dr Raghuvansh Prasad Singh on Wednesday tested positive for the novel Coronavirus. As per reports, Singh was admitted to Patna's All Indian Institutes of Medical Science (AIIMS) hospital on Tuesday after he developed some symptoms of the contagion and is currently undergoing treatment in a isolation ward. Singh is the first minister in Bihar who has been tested positive for Covid-19. Singh also had breathing congestion and complaint of pneumonia following which has was admitted to the hospital. Singh was a member of the 15th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Vaishali constituency of Bihar and is the national vice president of the Rashtriya Janata Dal political party. Meanwhile, Covid-19 death toll in Bihar reached 39 after a 55-year-old man succumbed to the viral infection, even as the state's tally climbed to 6,810 with 148 fresh cases in the last 24 hours. State Health Secretary Lokesh Kumar Singh said the latest casualty has been reported from Katihar district and the man had recently returned from Delhi. Begusarai, Khagaria and Vaishali districts have accounted for three deaths each, while Bhojpur, Darbhanga, Jehanabad, Muzaffarpur, Patna, Saran, Sitamarhi and Siwan have reported two deaths each. Districts which have reported one casualty each, besides Katihar, are Araria, Auranabad, Bhagalpur, Jamui, Madhepur, Madhubani, Munger, Nalanda, Nawada, East Champaran, Rohtas, Samastipur and Sheohar. All 38 districts in the state have reported COVID-19 cases and those with the highest tallies are Bhagalpur (336), Patna (334), Begusarai (318), Madhubani (304) and Khagaria (296). More than 5,000 of the state's Coronavirus cases have been reported in the past one month and the spike has been attributed to heavy influx of migrant workers who began coming back to Bihar from across the country since the beginning of May when the Centre agreed to run Shramik Specials upon the request of respective state governments. The state government data also states that the number of migrants who have returned after May 3 and tested positive for Coronavirus is 4,589. The  number of samples tested till date was 1.30 lakh and efforts were on to increase the testing capacity which at present stood at just over 3,500 per day.