Recovery rate crosses 90% in Bihar, tally mounts to 1.58 lakh

PATNA: Altogether 1,523 fresh Covid-19 cases were reported in Bihar on Sunday, taking the tally to 1,58,389 in the state. The state health department said 14 more coronavirus patients died in the past 24 hours, taking the toll to 822.
Patna and Madhubani had four deaths each. Among the other deceased, two were from Katihar and one each from Araria, Kishanganj, Purnea and Saharsa.
Total 1,43,053 patients have recovered so far, taking the state recovery rate to 90.32%, which is 12.6% higher than the national average of 77.7%. The number of active cases in state stood at 14,514.
State health secretary Lokesh Kumar Singh said 1,895 patients defeated the virus infection in the past 24 hours. “Total 1,10,500 samples were tested in a single day and 1,523 of them were found positive for the virus. So far, 48,84,417 samples have been tested in the state,” he said.
IPRD secretary Anupam Kumar said the positivity rate has been declining and recovery rate increasing in the state.
With 173 more Covid cases reported in Patna, the active cases in the district stood at 1,804. Patna’s recovery rate is now at 91.6%.
Araria reported 94 new Covid cases, closely followed by Saharsa (90), Muzaffarpur (89), Bhagalpur (73) and Purnea (68).
Meanwhile, two persons succumbed to Covid at AIIMS-Patna on Sunday. One of them was a 70-year-old woman from Muzaffarpur and another was 68-year-old man from Saran.
NMCH also reported one 60-year-old man’s death due to Covid on Sunday. NMCH nodal officer Dr Mukul Kumar Singh said four Covid patients were admitted and two discharged on Sunday.