Four children have died in Bihar's Darbhanga Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) over the last few days. Among those who died was an infant who had tested positive for Covid-19, hospital authorities said on Monday. According to the Principal of DMCH and incharge of the Critical Care Unit (CCU), all four children were experiencing breathlessness and had pneumonia-like symptoms.

"They were in serious medical condition. They were experiencing breathlessness and had symptoms like pneumonia. One of them had tested positive for Covid-19. Others tested negative," DMCH principal, K N Sharma told ANI. The baby was admitted to the hospital around 6 am on Sunday. He was shifted to the DMCH, the largest hospital in North Bihar, from a private nursing home in Patna after it tested positive for Covid-19.