<p>Two private hospitals in Patna were given the approval on Monday to treat Covid-19 patients amid the rising number of cases in the city.</p>.<p>Earlier, only government hospitals were allowed to treat Covid-19 cases here.</p>.<p>Patna District Magistrate Kumar Ravi has allowed Ruban Hospital and Paras Hospital to set up corona wards with 25 beds each to treat Covid-19 patients, an official statement said.</p>.<p>Applications have been received from several other private hospitals seeking approval for treating patients and a decision will be taken after proper review and verification, it said.</p>.<p>The corona wards at the two hospitals are likely to start functioning in a day or two, sources said.</p>.<p>Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, who is the local MP, had on Sunday urged state health minister Mangal Pandey to allow Covid-19 treatment at private hospitals to ease the pressure on government facilities.</p>.<p>There are four dedicated hospitals in the state for treating Covid-19 patients, including two in Patna.</p>.<p>These are Nalanda Medical College and Hospital and AIIMS in Patna, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College and Hospital in Bhagalpur and Anugrah Narayan Magadh Medical College and Hospital in Gaya.</p>.<p>The state has so far reported 26,379 cases of Covid-19 and most of them were detected in Patna where 3,696 people have tested positive.</p>.<p>The state has been recording over 1,000 fresh cases every day since July 12 and 12,401 cases were detected in the last 10 days.</p>.<p>Patna has also recorded the highest number of deaths in the state at 28. Total 179 people have died in Bihar so far.</p>.<p>The state has 9,602 active cases at present. </p>
<p>Two private hospitals in Patna were given the approval on Monday to treat Covid-19 patients amid the rising number of cases in the city.</p>.<p>Earlier, only government hospitals were allowed to treat Covid-19 cases here.</p>.<p>Patna District Magistrate Kumar Ravi has allowed Ruban Hospital and Paras Hospital to set up corona wards with 25 beds each to treat Covid-19 patients, an official statement said.</p>.<p>Applications have been received from several other private hospitals seeking approval for treating patients and a decision will be taken after proper review and verification, it said.</p>.<p>The corona wards at the two hospitals are likely to start functioning in a day or two, sources said.</p>.<p>Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, who is the local MP, had on Sunday urged state health minister Mangal Pandey to allow Covid-19 treatment at private hospitals to ease the pressure on government facilities.</p>.<p>There are four dedicated hospitals in the state for treating Covid-19 patients, including two in Patna.</p>.<p>These are Nalanda Medical College and Hospital and AIIMS in Patna, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College and Hospital in Bhagalpur and Anugrah Narayan Magadh Medical College and Hospital in Gaya.</p>.<p>The state has so far reported 26,379 cases of Covid-19 and most of them were detected in Patna where 3,696 people have tested positive.</p>.<p>The state has been recording over 1,000 fresh cases every day since July 12 and 12,401 cases were detected in the last 10 days.</p>.<p>Patna has also recorded the highest number of deaths in the state at 28. Total 179 people have died in Bihar so far.</p>.<p>The state has 9,602 active cases at present. </p>