Bihar logs 82 fresh Covid cases, 2 deaths in 24 hours

PATNA: The daily count of Covid-19 cases in the state remained below 90 for the fifth consecutive day on Tuesday when only 82 people tested positive for the virus. With this, the state’s Covid tally has increased to 7,24,081. Positivity rate, on the other hand, stood at 0.05% as 1,40,695 samples were tested in the last 24 hours.
Covid positive cases were registered in 25 districts on the day, with Patna and Saharsa reporting maximum 12 cases each. On the other hand, 23 districts have registered fresh cases in single digit. Thirteen districts have reported zero case in the last 24 hours.
With 126 more people recovering from the virus, the number of active cases in the state declined to 634 on Tuesday, the lowest in 119 days. Active cases in Buxar remained at zero. Sixteen districts have less than 10 active cases and 18 have active cases in the range of 10 to 50. At 90, Patna has maximum active cases, followed by 55 in East Champaran.
So far, 7,13,815 people have won the battle against the virus, taking the state’s recovery rate to 98.58%. The state’s recovery rate is 1.21% higher than the national average of 97.37%.
The Covid toll in the state stood at 9,632 on Tuesday with two more people succumbing to the virus in the last 24 hours, as per the state health department’s bulletin. Total fatality rate in the state stands at 1.3%. The two new victims were from Madhubani and Saharsa districts.
Unofficially, AIIMS-Patna reported one fresh Covid-19 death and the victim was a 50-year-old man from Sachivalaya Colony in Kankarbagh. The number of admitted patients stood at the hospital at eight. At NMCH-Patna, the number of Covid patients was 14 on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, state health minister Mangal Pandey tweeted on Tuesday that the government is making elaborate arrangements to face the likely third wave of the pandemic. “The department is alert and it has made arrangements for oxygen and other medical equipment. Apart from this, necessary steps are also being taken to ensure that people get the benefit of technology-based health facilities,” he tweeted.