16 test positive for COVID-19 in Bihar; total cases now 595

Patna, May 9 () Sixteen more people including twominors from nine districts tested positive for COVID-19 onSaturday, taking the total number of cases to 595 in Bihar, atop health department official said.

Seven of the 16 fresh cases are migrant people fromother states, Health Departments Principal Secretary SanjayKumar said in a tweet.

"We are ascertaining their further infection trail,"Kumar said.

Of the 16 new cases, three each are from Muzaffarpurand Arwal, two each from Begusarai, Munger, Nalanda and oneeach from Vaishali, Bhojpur, Siwan, Sheikhpura districts, thePrincipal Secretary said.

Five people have died of the disease so far in Biharwhich is now left with 272 active cases while 318 haverecovered.

The number of samples tested so far at sevenfacilities in Patna, Bhagalpur, Muzaffarpur and Darbhanga is32,767. ARNN NN