PATNA: The state recorded 2,238 new Covid-19 cases and 14 deaths in the past 24 hours. The Covid-19 tally increased to 1,19,909 cases whereas the death toll mounted up to 601 on Saturday.
Bhagalpur registered maximum six deaths due to Covid-19, followed by three in Muzaffarpur, two each in Sitamarhi and Vaishali and one in Banka district.
However, the number of Covid patients recovered was almost 36% higher than the new cases reported in the past 24 hours in Bihar. The state has 79.54% recovery rate, which is much higher than the national average of 75%.
“Altogether 3,531 patients have recovered in Bihar in the past 24 hours after their subsequent tests results came negative. So far 95,372 people have recovered in the state. There were 23,936 active cases on Saturday. The number of active cases has also declined sharply in the last one week with the improvement in the recovery rate,” health secretary Lokesh Kumar Singh said Saturday evening.
Singh said a total of 1,02,945 samples were tested in a day and only 2,238 people were found infected with the virus. So far, 23,21,461 samples have been tested in the state since March, he added.
Principal secretary (health) Pratyaya Amrit said with more tests, the positivity rate has declined to 2.3% from 3% in the state. “The positivity rate will come down with more tests,” he said.
Patna reported 279 fresh Covid cases on Saturday, taking the corresponding tally to 18,683. With 15,572 recoveries, the district has 2,995 active cases. The death toll in Patna went up to stood at 116 on Saturday.
Other districts after Patna with maximum Covid-19 cases were East Champaran (143), Madhubani (113), Purnea (101) and Gaya (83).
Three Covid patients died at AIIMS-Patna on Saturday, including a 66-year-old woman from AG Colony. AIIMS-P nodal officer for Covid Dr Sanjeev Kumar said two men from Bagaha and Madhubani were among the deceased.
A 35-year-old man from Motihari and a 60-year-old man from Buxar succumbed to Covid at NMCH, the daily bulletin released by its nodal officer Dr Mukul Kumar Singh stated.
Bhagalpur registered maximum six deaths due to Covid-19, followed by three in Muzaffarpur, two each in Sitamarhi and Vaishali and one in Banka district.
However, the number of Covid patients recovered was almost 36% higher than the new cases reported in the past 24 hours in Bihar. The state has 79.54% recovery rate, which is much higher than the national average of 75%.
“Altogether 3,531 patients have recovered in Bihar in the past 24 hours after their subsequent tests results came negative. So far 95,372 people have recovered in the state. There were 23,936 active cases on Saturday. The number of active cases has also declined sharply in the last one week with the improvement in the recovery rate,” health secretary Lokesh Kumar Singh said Saturday evening.
Singh said a total of 1,02,945 samples were tested in a day and only 2,238 people were found infected with the virus. So far, 23,21,461 samples have been tested in the state since March, he added.
Principal secretary (health) Pratyaya Amrit said with more tests, the positivity rate has declined to 2.3% from 3% in the state. “The positivity rate will come down with more tests,” he said.
Patna reported 279 fresh Covid cases on Saturday, taking the corresponding tally to 18,683. With 15,572 recoveries, the district has 2,995 active cases. The death toll in Patna went up to stood at 116 on Saturday.
Other districts after Patna with maximum Covid-19 cases were East Champaran (143), Madhubani (113), Purnea (101) and Gaya (83).
Three Covid patients died at AIIMS-Patna on Saturday, including a 66-year-old woman from AG Colony. AIIMS-P nodal officer for Covid Dr Sanjeev Kumar said two men from Bagaha and Madhubani were among the deceased.
A 35-year-old man from Motihari and a 60-year-old man from Buxar succumbed to Covid at NMCH, the daily bulletin released by its nodal officer Dr Mukul Kumar Singh stated.
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