<p>Two more persons have tested positive for COVID-19 in Bihar, taking the total number of coronavirus cases in the state to 85, a top official said on Saturday.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-news-live-updates-3-deaths-in-telangana-1-new-case-in-manipur-all-returned-from-nizamuddin-meet-817763.html"><b>Track live updates on coronavirus here</b></a></p>.<p>According to Principal Secretary, Health, Sanjay Kumar, one of the patients is a youth aged 17 years from Bihar Sharif, the headquarters of Nalanda district, while the other is a 42-year-old man from Begusarai.</p>.<p><b>Also Read: </b><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-india-update-state-wise-total-number-of-confirmed-cases-deaths-on-april-18-826787.html"><b>Coronavirus India update: State-wise total number of confirmed cases</b></a></p>.<p>Contact-tracing of both the patients, whose test reports came late on Friday night, was on, he said.</p>.<p>The fresh cases raise the number of people testing positive for <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/coronavirus">coronavirus</a> in Begusarai and Nalanda to 10 and eight respectively. One patient has recovered in Begusarai while two have undergone recovery in Nalanda.</p>.<p>According to the state health department, the total number of recovered cases so far was 37. Two patients have died. </p>
<p>Two more persons have tested positive for COVID-19 in Bihar, taking the total number of coronavirus cases in the state to 85, a top official said on Saturday.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-news-live-updates-3-deaths-in-telangana-1-new-case-in-manipur-all-returned-from-nizamuddin-meet-817763.html"><b>Track live updates on coronavirus here</b></a></p>.<p>According to Principal Secretary, Health, Sanjay Kumar, one of the patients is a youth aged 17 years from Bihar Sharif, the headquarters of Nalanda district, while the other is a 42-year-old man from Begusarai.</p>.<p><b>Also Read: </b><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-india-update-state-wise-total-number-of-confirmed-cases-deaths-on-april-18-826787.html"><b>Coronavirus India update: State-wise total number of confirmed cases</b></a></p>.<p>Contact-tracing of both the patients, whose test reports came late on Friday night, was on, he said.</p>.<p>The fresh cases raise the number of people testing positive for <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/coronavirus">coronavirus</a> in Begusarai and Nalanda to 10 and eight respectively. One patient has recovered in Begusarai while two have undergone recovery in Nalanda.</p>.<p>According to the state health department, the total number of recovered cases so far was 37. Two patients have died. </p>