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Bihar reports 1,659 new Covid cases, highest single day spike in 6 months

Bihar reported its highest single day spike in six months on Wednesday when 1,659 people tested positive for Covid-19

Bihar reports 1659 Covid-19 cases, highest single day spike in six months

The state's active caseload stands at 3,881

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar puts off public programmes in view of Covid surge

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has put off his ongoing tour of the state and his weekly public interaction programme in the capital city in view of the recent spike in Covid cases

Covid-19 pandemic: Bihar reports 344 fresh cases and no death

The state has not reported any Covid death for about a week

Seven test positive for Covid at CM Nitish Kumar's programme in Bihar

A staff member involved in catering arrangements tested positive for Covid

Tejashwi Yadav slams Nitish Kumar govt over NITI Aayog ranking of Bihar

RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Saturday slammed CM Nitish Kumar over Bihar's low ranking in NITI Aayog's poverty index baseline report and said that the "double-engine" govt is responsible for this

281 more test Covid-19 positive in Bihar, active caseload is 749

COVID-19 cases continued to spiral in Bihar on Friday when 281 more people tested positive for the virus, pushing the active caseload to 749, the state health department said. The state had recorded 158 new cases on Friday. Patna (136) and East Champaran (70) districts accounted for a major chunk of the fresh cases on Saturday, the department said. No fatality due to the disease has been reported in the last 72 hours and the death toll remained unchanged at 12,096. A rapid rise in the number of fresh cases has been seen in the past one week during which the active caseload has shot up by more than nine times. However, the recovery rate is 98.23 per cent. Altogether 20 patients recovered from the disease in the past 24 hours taking the total number of cured people to 7,14,331. The state's tally is now 7,27,177. According to Sanjeev Kumar, the nodal officer at AIIMS, Patna, two of its faculty members, one of them recently back from Andaman and Nicobar Islands, are among those who

Over 150 people test positive for Covid-19 pandemic in Bihar

According to the health department, Patna district is bearing the brunt of the fresh spike, accounting for 105 of the 158 cases

Omicron spread: Third Covid-19 wave in Bihar has begun, says Nitish Kumar

He also mooted opening a genome sequencing laboratory in the state

Covid: Bihar has started recording Omicron cases, says CM Nitish Kumar

The Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday said that Omicron infection has started in the state and has asked people to be careful and follow Covid-19 norms.

Patna resident becomes first to be afflicted with Omicron in Bihar

A 26-year-old resident of Patna, who had recently visited Delhi and met a relative upon return from abroad, has been found to be infected with Omicron variant of Covid

More than 100 people test positive for Covid-19 in Bihar

As many as 714,309 coronavirus patients have recovered from the disease in the state thus far

Covid-19: Bihar govt orders to close parks from Dec 31 to Jan 2

In view of increasing Omicron cases across the country, the Bihar government on Tuesday ordered to close the parks including the Jaivik Udyaan from December 31 to January 2."It has been also decided that the New Year celebration will not take place in any park here. The decision has been taken to avoid the crowd on New year," the order read.According to the order, it will also be mandatory to follow the SOPs issued by the government to prevent any kind of political, social, religious, cultural, sports-related events in view of the COVID-19 pandemic.A total of 6,358 new COVID-19 cases were reported in India in the last 24 hours, taking the active caseload in the country to 75,456, informed the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Tuesday.According to the Health Ministry, 653 cases of Omicron variant of coronavirus have been reported in the country so far.Out of this, Maharashtra topped the list with 167 cases followed by Delhi with 165 cases, Kerala with 57 cases and Telangana has .

Bihar cabinet approves modernisation of 149 ITIs in collaboration with Tata

The Bihar cabinet on Tuesday approved a project worth over Rs 4,606 crore for modernisation and urgradation of 149 state-owned Industrial Training Institutes to centres of excellence. The project will be executed in collaboration with Tata Technologies, Cabinet Secretariat Additional Chief Secretary Sanjay Kumar said. "The state government will soon sign a Memorandum of Association (MoA) with Tata Technologies in this regard. The company will spend 88 per cent of the cost and the rest 12 per cent will be borne by the state government to modernise the ITIs to impart advanced training to youths," the official said. Tata Technologies has "agreed to upgrade all 149 government-owned ITIs across the state", he said. Sixty of them have their buildings and other necessary infrastructure and these will be modernised in the first phase by March 2022. Kumar said the exercise for the remaining 89 facilities will be completed by March 2023. The cabinet also decided not to give further extensi

Students among 16 Corona positive suspects in Bihar's Sheikhpura district

A total of 16 persons, majority of them students, are suspected to be Corona positive in a village in Bihar's Seikhpura district, an official said on Tuesday.

Nitish says don't come to Bihar if you want to drink, CJI questions ban

Nitish Kumar made his statement made during the third programme of his Social Reforms Campaign in Sasaram

Muzaffarpur boiler blast incident due to misoperation, says Bihar Minister

Bihar Minister Jivesh Mishra has termed the Muzaffarpur boiler blast an "incident due to misoperation"

PM Modi expresses grief over deaths in Muzaffarpur boiler explosion

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday expressed grief at the loss of lives in a boiler explosion at Muzaffarpur in Bihar and expressed condolences to the families of victims.

Bihar: 5 dead, 6 injured in boiler blast at noodle factory in Muzaffarpur

At least five people were killed and six others were injured in a boiler blast in a noodle factory in Bihar's Muzaffarpur on Sunday, informed District Magistrate Pranav Kumar

Covid: No need of night curfew in Bihar, says CM Nitish Kumar

The situation in Bihar is better than many states right now, says Bihar CM