Bihar: Relief as active Covid-19 cases drop by 28% since May 6 high

PATNA: The daily Covid-19 count declined further in Bihar as only 7,336 people tested positive for Covid-19 and 14,340 patients recovered in the past 24 hours on Saturday. The Covid tally in Bihar now stands at 6,45,015.
The number of active Covid cases in the state dropped by 28.36% since the peak on May 6, when Bihar registered the highest single-day 15,126 cases and reported 1,15,152 active cases. As on Saturday, there were 82,487 active cases in the state.
The health department bulletin showed 6.6% fall in the daily positivity rate in the past 24 hours, compared to previous day’s 6.9%. The fresh Covid cases were recorded after testing 1,10,172 samples. So far, 2.7 crore samples have been tested in the state since March last year.
As per health department’s data, 5,58,785 people have recovered from Covid in Bihar so far, taking the recovery rate up to 86.63%. The state’s recovery rate is 2.8% higher than the national average of 83.83%.
On the case fatality rate (CFR), the state reported a marginal decline of 5.19% as 73 patients died compared to Friday’s 77 deaths.
The state Covid toll mounted to 3,743 on Saturday. Patna recorded maximum 18 deaths, taking its toll to 1,044.
East Champaran registered 14 Covid deaths, followed by six in Nalanda, four each in Sitamarhi and Vaishali and three each in Katihar and Muzaffarpur.
Patna also topped in daily cases with 1,202 people testing positive. The daily count of coronavirus infection was 24.3% higher than the previous day’s 969 cases in the district. The fresh infection pushed the active caseload to 15,864. Among other districts, Samastipur reported 392 fresh cases, followed by Bhagalpur (361), Madhubani (360), Vaishali (353) and Begusarai (334).
AIIMS-Patna reported nine deaths, including a 27-year-old from Gopalganj. Seven other victims were from Patna and one from Munger.
The AIIMS-P had 273 patients with the admission of 23 new one and discharge of 18 patients on Saturday.
NMCH-Patna recorded eight deaths, including a 25-year-old girl from Hilsa in Nalanda. Seven more Covid patients were admitted and 15 got discharged in the last 24 hours.