Covid cases continue to fall in Bihar as 7,752 test positive in 24 hours, 64 die

PATNA: In a big relief, the number of daily Covid cases further came down to 7,752 on Thursday and 11,008 people recovered from the virus in the state in the last 24 hours. With this, the state’s active caseload has touched 96,276. Officially, 64 people succumbed to the virus in the state in the last 24 hours. The virus has so far claimed lives of 3,593 people in the state.
Of the 97,664 samples tested in the last 24 hours, results of 7,752 came positive. The state’s Covid positivity rate stood at 7.93%. State health minister Mangal Pandey tweeted that positivity rate in the state has come down by 4% in a week.
So far, 6,30,185 have tested positive for Covid in the state since the outbreak of the virus in March last year. Of them, 5,30,314 have recovered.
As per the health department, 16 fresh deaths were registered in Patna, 10 in West Champaran, eight in Madhubani, six in Nalanda, five in Muzaffarpur and four in Nawada.
NMCH reported eight deaths on Thursday and the youngest of the victims was a 35-year-old man from Dulhin Bazar in Patna. AIIMS-Patna, on the other hand, reported six deaths.
Of the 7,752 fresh Covid cases, Patna accounted for 1,485. The district’s active caseload has now touched 19,001. Among other districts, Nalanda recorded 551 fresh cases, Vaishali 437 and Purnia 409.
Meanwhile, 1,28,917 beneficiaries were vaccinated in the state on Thursday, including 1,02,006 who received their first shot and 26,911 who got the second shot. Among those who got their first shot included 80,439 people in the age group of 18 to 44 years.