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Patna : The Active cases count dropped to 3,390 in Bihar on February 3, 2022, from 3,752 cases on February 2, 2022, as only 655 more persons tested positive for Covid-19 in the state in last 24 hours.  A total of 799 persons had tested positive for Covid-19 February 1, 2022. Bihar reported 4 new deaths due to Covid-19 in last 24 hours including 2 in Patna taking the toll to 12,230 in the state on February 3, 2022.

The 655 new Covid-19 cases included 142 in Purnia, 64 in Patna, 36 in Madhepura, 34 in West Champaran, 27 in Gopalganj, 26 in Vaishali, 24 in Muzaffarpur, 24 in Samastipur, 23 in Saharsa, 21 in Saran, 20 in Bhagalpur, 19 in Katihar, 18 in Madhubani, 13 in Bhojpur, 12 in East Champaran,  11 in  Begusarai, 9 in Rohtas, 5 in Aurangabad, 4 in Gaya, and 2 in Arwal,, according to State Health Department figure. The state tested 1,45,899 samples on February 2, 2022.

Bhar has logged 8,26,079 Covid-19 cases since the outbreak of the pandemic of which, 8,10,458 patients have recovered including 1,013 in last 24 hours with the recovery rate (RR) improving to 98.11 % on February 3, 2022, from 98.06% on February 2, 2022.