PATNA: The
Covid testing figures in
Bihar cross the 2-crore mark on Tuesday as the health minister
Mangal Pandey tweeted in the evening that the corresponding figure stood at 2,00,63,688. The 24-hour testing figure stood at 88,650.
Meanwhile, altogether 189 new cases of Covid-19 were reported in Bihar on Tuesday, taking the corresponding tally up to 2,59,071. Active cases of Covid-19, on the other hand, stood at mere 3,102 with a whopping 2,54,508 recovered patients to date.
As per the daily Covid bulletin issued by the state health department, one person died in the past 24 hours.
However, three deaths were also reported by the AIIMS-Patna on Tuesday. The deceased persons included one each from Patna,
Bhojpur and Chhapra. No death was reported at the NMCH, Patna. However, four new patients each were admitted at NMCH as well as AIIMS- Patna.
Of the 189 fresh Covid cases reported in the past 24 hours, the highest number of 63 cases was reported from Patna. Among other districts, 12 cases were reported from Saran, and 10 cases each from
Begusarai,
Muzaffarpur and Vaishali.
Meanwhile, altogether 595 people recovered from the infection in the past 24 hours, taking the tally for cured persons in the state to 2,54,508. With new cases and discharged patients, Bihar’s recovery rate improved to 98.24% as on Tuesday evening, which was 1.58 % higher than the national average of 96.66%.