PATNA: Another drop in the number of Covid-19 cases was witnessed on Saturday with 190 people testing positive in Bihar.
These new cases were reported in Patna (17), Muzaffarpur (13), Saharsa (11), Begusarai (10), Nalanda (10), and Purnia (10).
Two deaths, one in Nalanda and another in Nawada, were also registered, taking the state’s toll to 9,579.
No figures on vaccination were shared by the state government on Saturday.
However, the data of the Union government states that 1.55 crore doses of Covid-19 vaccines, including 1.33 crore first doses and 22 lakh second doses, have been administered to the beneficiaries in Bihar so far.
Meanwhile, the state is gearing up for a mega immunisation drive as part of which it has targeted to vaccinate 6 crore people in six months from July.
Patna district magistrate (DM) Chandrashekhar Singh told TOI that nearly 1 lakh beneficiaries would be inoculated on July 1.
“We have already vaccinated 83,562 people on Friday.
While Pune had vaccinated 1.39 lakh people that day, Mumbai inoculated 86,520 beneficiaries,” he added.
The DM pointed out that the vaccination drive would not be conducted at all the designated places on Sunday except three 24X7 immunisation sites — Hotel Patliputra Ashok, Patliputra Sports Complex and Polytechnic College — and two evening centres — S K Memorial Hall and Ramdeo Mahto Community Centre in Patna City.
“The other centres will be sanitized and a day off given to the healthcare workers,” he added.