patna the state health department has so far traced 181 of 226 passengers who had returned from the united kingdom since november 9state health department principal secretary pratyaya amrit said samples of 101 uk returnees were collected and sent for rt pcr test the samples of rest of the people are being collected none of uk returnees has so far been tested positive for new covid strain amrit addedmeanwhile 392 new covid19 cases were registered in the state on thursday with this the states covid tally has increased to 252792 four more deaths in the last 24 hours meanwhile took the states covid toll to 1397 however with 246685 recoveries active cases in the state stood at 1397 on thursdayas per the health department two fresh deaths were recorded in patna taking the districts toll to 380 sitamarhi and saran registered one death eachat aiimspatna two more people have succumbed to the virus including a 52yearold woman from siwan and a 91yearold woman from saran hospitals nodal incharge for covid19 dr sanjeev kumar said 10 patients were admitted to the hospital and 11 discharged on thursday among those admitted several were from different localities of patna like new punaichak ioc colony aparna bank colony and r p s mornalanda medical college and hospital did not report any fresh death while one patient was admitted to the hospital four were discharged on thursdayof 392 new covid19 cases patna accounted for 149 the districts tally has now risen to 48910 however with 46622 recoveries and 380 deaths there are 1908 active cases in the district among other districts muzaffarpur recorded 26 fresh covid cases begusarai 20 jehanabad 19 saran 13 and munger 12vaccine dry run at 3 places tomorrow dry run for covid vaccine will be held in patna bettiah and jamui on saturday state health department principal secretary pratyaya amrit saida decision in this regard was taken on thursday after the centre asked all the states and union territories to pick three different session sites for the dry run of the vaccine ensuring that they are geographically different and also include a place which is a difficult terrain these three districts will cover different parts of the state amrit saideach of these sites will have a medical officer who will identify 25 beneficiaries and upload their information on cowin a digital platform developed by the union health ministry for realtime monitoring of covid19 vaccine delivery