Bihar logs lowest 1-day Covid cases this month

PATNA: Bihar reported the lowest daily Covid-19 cases in May as only 7,494 people tested positive in the last 24 hours on Friday. It was about 50.4% decline in daily infection cases reported in the state since May 7 and 3.3% fall compared to 7,752 cases on Thursday.
The state’s recovery rate has showed improvement by 1.23% in the past 24 hours, from 84.15% on Thursday to 85.38% on Friday and 1.88% higher than the national average of 85.38%. The active cases stood at 89,564 on Friday.
The number of positive cases against the total tests done per day remained below 10% in Bihar for the fourth consecutive day. The daily Covid positivity rate has also come down to 6.9% as 1,08,316 samples were tested in the past 24 hours. The positivity rate has declined by around 3.5% since May 10 as it stood at 7.9% on Thursday, 8.8% on Wednesday and 9.9% on Tuesday.
Patna reported only 967 fresh cases on Friday against 1,485 on Thursday. The active caseload in the district has also declined to 17,967 in the past 24 hours from 19,001 on May 13. Among other districts, Purnia reported the maximum 441 fresh cases, followed by Katihar (389), Gopalganj (387), East Champaran (321) and Gaya (350).
With daily recoveries consistently improving in Bihar, as many as 5,44,445 people have so far won their battle against the infection, including 14,131 who got discharged in the last 24 hours. The cumulative infection tally in the state stood at 6,37,679.
Officially, 77 more deaths were reported in the state, taking the toll to 3,670, as per the health department data. Paschim Champaran reported the maximum 16 deaths, followed by 11 in Muzaffarpur and six each in Patna, Gaya and Bhagalpur.
AIIMS-Patna on Friday reported 11 deaths due to Covid, including that of a 4-year-old girl child from Digha. AIIMS-Patna Covid-19 nodal officer Dr Sanjeev Kumar said the girl was admitted on May 9 after testing positive. “She died of multiple organ failure as she was also suffering from neurological disorder,” he told this newspaper.
AIIMS-P had total 277 Covid patients. Nalanda Medical College and Hospital-Patna recorded eight deaths, including a 16-year-old girl and another 26-year-old man from the state capital.