Single-day Covid deaths cross 100-mark in Bihar

PATNA: The second wave of the pandemic continues to wreak havoc as Bihar recorded the highest and first-ever three digit figures of Covid-19 fatalities on Tuesday. The health department on Tuesday reported 105 deaths due to Covid complications and 14,794 new cases in the last 24 hours across the state.
Apart from the data furnished by the health department, AIIMS-Patna reported seven deaths, followed by five at NMCH.
The overall death toll due to Covid-19 in the state, as per the health department, so far stood at 2,926.
The daily Covid caseload in Bihar again witnessed a steep surge by nearly 30% in the last 24 hours. As per the health department bulletins, the daily Covid cases increased from 11,407 on Monday to 14,794 on Tuesday. With the fresh cases, the overall active cases in the state stood at 1,10,430.
Patna continues to be the epicentre of the second wave of the pandemic in Bihar with daily caseload rising from 2,028 on Monday to 2,681 on Tuesday. After Patna, Gaya recorded the maximum 767 new cases, followed by Vaishali (637), Nalanda (618), Jamui (538), Aurangabad (534) and West Champaran (516).
The Covid positivity rate in the state also remained significantly high at 15.59%, a tad less than 15.69% logged on Monday.
Bihar’s Covid-19 recovery rate, which used to be several notches higher than the national average till March-end, is now considerably lower than the corresponding national rate. Bihar’s recovery rate stood at 78.36% on Tuesday, which was 3.55% lower than the national recovery rate at 81.91%.
Meanwhile, altogether 11,926 persons recovered from the infection in the last 24 hours, taking the tally of cured persons in the state to 4,10,484.
With regard to the vaccination against Covid, 1,08,882 beneficiaries were administered the shots on Tuesday, which included 45,722 people who got their first dose.
As on date, altogether 75,40,672 people have taken first as well as the second dose of Covid-19 vaccines, including Covishield and Covaxin. Of the 61,53,905 people who have taken the first dose of the vaccine, 31,39,426 are above 60 and remaining 22,17,513 are between the age of 45 and 59 years. Moreover, 13,86,767 people have taken the second dose of the vaccine as well.
Covid tally:
New cases: 14,794
Total cases: 5,23,840
Recoveries: 4,10,484
Deaths: 2,926, including 2 suicides
Active cases: 1,10,430