Daily Covid deaths fall to single digit after 64 days in Bihar

PATNA: The daily Covid deaths on Sunday dropped to eight in Bihar after 64 days when only six deaths were recorded on April 10.
The overall toll has reached 9,492 since the pandemic began in March 2020. The Covid-19 mortality rate has declined to 0.8% in the last 24 hours. Among the fresh causalities, two were reported from Samastipur and one each in Patna, Darbhanga, Gopalganj, Nawada, Purvi Champaran and Sitamarhi.
The daily Covid cases also reduced to 487 in the state from 1,10,037 samples tested in the past 24 hours, taking the positivity rate to 0.4%.Altogether 7,17,215 people have tested positive for the virus since the pandemic began in the state. The number of recovered patients has also increased to 7,02,411 as the state’s recovery rate reached 97.94%. The number of active cases also dropped to 5,312.
Of the 487 new cases, the maximum 45 were reported from Gopalganj, followed by Patna (37), Purnia (31), Samastipur (29), Supaul (28), Katihar (25) and Darbhanga (21). Sixteen districts registered less than 10 cases.
The official figures apart, NMCH-Patna reported the death of a 54-year-old man from Bakwan in Patna on Sunday. One more Covid patient was admitted and three got discharged from the hospital.
Three deaths were registered at AIIMS-Patna, including two men aged 26 and 63 from Patna’s Bajanchak and Anisabad respectively. The other deceased was a 55-year-old woman from Belsar in Vaishali. Six more patients were admitted there while four got discharge on Sunday.
Meanwhile, 52,709 beneficiaries were given Covid-19 vaccines on Sunday, including 50,773 who got the first shot. Among the beneficiaries in the 18-44 years age group, 23,656 were vaccinated on Sunday. So far 25.76 lakh people in this age group have been vaccinated in Bihar.