( Bihar Health Minister Mangal Pandey addressing a Webinar on Covid on June 6)
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Patna : Active cases further dropped 8,707 in Bihar including 1,066 in Patna on June 6 as only 920 more people tested positive for Covid-19 in the state on June 5, 2021. The Active casses count in Bihar was 9.627 on June 5, 2021. Bihar reported 41 new deaths due to Covid-19 taking the toll to 5,381 on June 6, 2021. The recovery rate (RR) of Covid-19 patients improved to 98.02% in Bihar on June 6 from 97.90% on June 5, 2021.
The 920 new Covid-19cases registered in the state included 87 in Patna, 56 in Supaul, 52 in Madhubani, 50 in Katihar, 50 in Muzaffarpur, 49 in Darbhanga, 48 in Purnia, 44 in Kishanganj, 39 in Gopalganj, 34 in Begusarai, 34 in Madhepura, 32 in East Champaran, and 29 in Munger. The state has tested 3,05,73,173 samples so far including 1,08,933 samples on June 5, 2021. Of the 7,13,117 Covid-19 cases recorded so far in Bihar, a total of 6,99,028 patients have been declared cured.
The 41 new Covid-19 deaths included 7 in Munger, 5 in Siwan, 4 in Patna,3 in Arwal, 3 in Bhagalpur, 2 in Madhubani, Supaul, 2 in Kishanganj, and 2 in Kaimur. With it, the Covid-19 toll climbed to 1,219 in Patna, 269 in Bhagalpur, 240 in Nalanda, 214 in Saran, 188 in Darbhanga, 153 in Madhubani, 152 in Siwan, 146 in Munger, 131 in East Champaran, 108 in Nawada, 106 in Samastipur, 88 in Mdhepura, 87 in Banka, 78 in Supaul, 69 in Purnia, 59 in Arwal, 45 in Khagaria, 44 in Kaimur, 43 in Lakhisarai, and 34 in Kishanganj.