In Bihar, 674 cold chain points are ready across the state for coronavirus vaccination.

Health Minister Mangal Pandey said these can store 1.37 crore vial at a time and we have to enhance their capacity by an additional one crore so that routine immunization does not get hampered.

Mr. Pandey said Covid 19 vaccine to be first given to over five lakh health workers of the state.
 

He said there are nearly 3.52 lakh government health workers, including AMNs who will take care of the vaccination process.

Apart from them, nearly 4,000 private institutes have also been identified whose workers will assist in the vaccination program.

Meanwhile, the COVID-19 recovery rate has improved to 97.20 percent.

The number of active cases in the state is continuously declining.

Currently, five thousand 392 patients are undergoing treatment at various hospitals.

In all, 572 patients recovered in the last 24 hours, while 585 new cases were reported.

Over 2,32,438 patients have so far recovered from the infection in the state.