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Patna : The count of Active cases further dropped to 40,691 in Bihar on May 23 from 44,907 cases on the previous day, as just 4,002 more persons tested positive for Covid-19 on May 22, 2021. A total of 4,375 people had tested positive for Covid-19 in the state on May 21, 2021. The recovery rate (RR) of Covid-19 patients improved to 93.44% on May 23 from 92.80 % on May 22, 2021.
Bhar, however, recorded 107 new deaths in last 24 hours taking the count of Covid-19 death toll to 4,549 in the state on May 23, 2021, causing concern to the authorities. The state has tested 2,90,08,248 samples so far including 1,32,590 samples on May 22, 2021. Bihar has recorded 6,89,576 Covid-19 cases till date of which 6,44,335 patients have been declared cured including 8,111 in last 24 hours.
The 4,002 new Covid-19 cases included 795 in Patna, 195 in Muzaffarpur, 187 in Supaul, 180 in Begusarai, 169 in Samastipur, 154 in Vaishali, 145 in Araria, 126 in Gaya, 123 in Bhagalpur, 120 in Gopalganj, 119 in Saharsa, 118 in Purnia, 117 in West Champaran, 108 in Katihar, 107 in Madhepura, 97 in East Champaran, 96 in Darbhanga, and 86 in Nalanda.
The 107 new deaths due to Covid-19 in Bihar in last 24 hours included 10 in Buxar, 8 in Patna, 8 in Begusarai, 7 in West Champaran, 6 in Siwan, 5 in Rohtas, 5 in Saran, 5 in Gopalganj, 4 in East Champaran, 4 in Darbhanga, 4 in Gaya, 3 in Muzaffarpur, 3 in Nalanda, 3 in Madhubani, 3 in Supaul, 3 in Araria, 3 in Kaimur, 3 in Khagaria, 2 in Vaishali, 2 in Madhepura, 2 in Bhojpur, 2 in Arwal, 2 in Sitamarhi, and 2 in Banka.
With i, the Covid-19 death toll climbed to 1,143 in Patna, 276 in West Champaran, 267 in Muzaffarpur, 220 in Nalanda, 180 in Gaya, 168 in Darbhanga, 148 in Saran, 129 in Munger, 108 in Rohtas, 106 in Madhubani, 104 in East Champaran, 104 in Siwan, 94 in Begusarai, 88 in Bhojpur, 86 in Samastipur, 82 in Nawada, 80 in Madhepura, 75 in Banka, 74 in Sitamarhi, 55 in Araria, 53 in Supaul, 41 in Arwal, 36 in Gopalganj, 34 in Saharsa, 34 in Lakhisarai, 32 in Sheikhpura, 30 in Kaimur, 28 in Khagaria, and 22 in Kishanganj.