Patna, April 11 : In the last 24 hours, Bihar recorded 38 new Covid-19 cases amid an ongoing resurgence. Of the new cases, 17 were reported from Patna, six from Bhagalpur and three each from Gaya and Munger. The health department had conducted tests of 32,302 samples on Monday. With the new figure, the number of total active cases in the state stood 174. Meanwhile, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has directed hospitals across Bihar to make adequate arrangements of medicines, hospital beds, ventilators, oxygen cylinders, ambulances and other necessary equipment to combat Covid-19. Medical experts have however, claimed that the severity of the virus is not intense this time, but people have been advised to follow Covid protocols like washing their hands, taking steam at least once or twice in every 24 hours, wearing masks and maintaining social distance. /IANS