( Bihar Health Minister Mangal Pandey)

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Patna : Active cases further dropped to 12,590 in Bihar including 1,548 in Patna on June 2 as only 1,158 more persons tested positive for Covid-19 in the state on June 1, 2021. The Active case count was 14,250 in Bihar on June 1, 2021.

Bihar recorded 46 new deaths due to Covid-19 taking the death toll to 5,268 in the state on June 2, 2021.  The recovery rate of Covid-19 patients improved to 97.48% on June 2 from 97.25% on June 1, 2021.

The 1,1158 new Covid-19 cases included 126 in Patna, 90 in Muzaffarpur, 80 in Munger, 77 in Supaul, 68 in Purnia, 54 in Saran, 53 in Araria, 46 in East Champaran, 41 in Kishanganj, 39 in Gopalganj, 35 in Begusarai, 34 in Samastipur, and 33 in Nalanda.  The state has tested a total of 3,01,28,262 samples so far including 1,09,319 samples on June 1, 2021.

The 46 new deaths due to Covid-19 included 6 in Rohtas, 5 in Siwan, 3 in West Champaran, 3 in Saran, 3 in Arwal, 3 in Nawada, 2 in Patna, 2 in Madhubani, 2 in Muzaffarpur, 2 in Supaul, 2 in Darbhanga, 3 in Khagaria, and 2 in Buxar.

With it, the Covid death toll climbed to 1,207 in Patna, 325 in West Champaran, 292 in Muzaffarpur, 211 in Saran, 186 in Darbhanga, 147 in Madhubani, 147 in Siwan, 146 in Rohtas, 139 in Munger, 133 in Begusarai,  126 in East Champaran, 103 in Nawada, 103 in Bhojpur, 82 in Buxar, 73 in Araria, 72 in Supaul, 53 in Arwal, 43 in Gopalganj, and 42 in Khagaria.