Bihar registers 34 new Covid cases

PATNA: Bihar has reported 34 Covid-19 cases on Sunday, the lowest daily count in the second wave of the pandemic.
According to the health department, total active cases in the state also dropped to 310 as 45 people recovered from the infection in the last 24 hours. The state has 98.63% recovery rate, which is 1.24% higher than the national average of 97.39%. So far, 9,646 people have died due to the deadly virus in Bihar.
Nineteen districts reported zero positive cases against the total 1,43,851 samples collected for test in the past 24 hours. The positivity rate also dropped to 0.02% on Sunday. Muzaffarpur and Nalanda accounted for four cases each whereas three new cases were reported in Patna and one case each in ten districts.
Of the 310 active cases, Patna contributed almost 13.2% as 41 people are still infected with the disease. Seven districts have become Covid-free. They are Banka, Buxar, Gopalganj, Jehanabad, Kaimur, Purnia and Siwan. Eighteen districts have active cases in single digit while the remaining have less than 25 Covid-19 cases.
Overall 7,25,192 people had been infected and 7,15,236 of them recovered in the state since March last year.
Meanwhile, 1,57,805 doses of Covid vaccines were administered across the state on Sunday. So far, over 2.75 crore vaccine doses have been administered in Bihar. The state was eighth in the country in administering vaccine doses to the eligible beneficiaries.