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Patna : Active cases fuirther dropped to 1,692 in Bihar including 265 in Patna on July 2 as just 181 more persons tested positive for Covid-19 in the state on July 1, 2021, down from 187 the previous day. The Active cases count was 1,715 in Bihar on July 1, 2021.Bihar recorded 2 new deaths due to Covid-19 in last 24 hours taking the toll to 9,594 in the state on July 2, 2021.

Bihar has so far registered 722282 Covid-19 cases of which a total of 710995 patients have been declared cured including 202 in last 24 hours with the recovery rate (RR) improving to 98.44% on July 2 from 98.43% on July 1, 2021. The state has so far tested 3,34,56,334 samples including 1,22,044 samples on July 1, 2021.

The 181 new Covid-19 cases included 40 in Patna, 18 in Saran, 13 in Lakhisarai, 10 in East Champaran, 7 in Samastipur, 7 in Begusarai, 6 in Darbhanga, 6 in Katihar, 6 in Arwal, and 6 in West Champaran.

The 2 new deaths due to Covid-19 included 1 each in West Champaran and Muzaffarpur. With it, the toll climbed to 618 in Muzaffarpur and 357 in West Champaran.