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Bihar COVID death toll reaches 574, cases rise to 1.15 lakh
PATNA : The COVID-19 death toll in Bihar rose to 574 with six fatalities in the past 24 hours, while 2,451 fresh infections took the states coronavirus count to 1,15,209, a health department official said on Thursday.Altogether 3,585 patients also recovered from the disease since Wednesday, Health department Secretary Lokesh Kumar Singh said.He said that 88,163 people have been cured of COVID-19 till date and the states recovery rate now is 76.52 per cent which is better than the national average of 73 per cent.The number of active cases in Bihar is 26,472.The state has tested 1,07,945 samples in the past 24 hours, while 21.16 lakh tests have been conducted so far, Sigh said.Of the 2,451 new cases, Patna accounted for the highest at 367