In Bihar, AIIMS, Patna has started a human trial of Coronavirus vaccine on 10 volunteers selected by the hospital authority. Several people offered to take part in the trial, but only 10 people were selected for the process. The first dose has been given to selected people and after an interval of 14 days, the second dose will be given. Doctors are keeping strict vigil of those people who have taken a dose of vaccine. For this, a team of doctors has been constituted.

After completion of the scheduled period, a check-up of people will be undertaken for the after-effects of the vaccine. The vaccine jointly developed by the National Institute of Virology, Pune and Hyedrabad - based Bharat Biotech International Limited in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research. It is the first indigenous vaccine developed in India.

AIIMS - Patna is one of the 12 medical institutes in the country to have been shortlisted by ICMR for conducting human trial of the indigenous vaccine .

Yesterday, cases in the state have risen to 17,421. Patients who have recovered are 12,364 while 4992 patients are undergoing treatment in hospitals. The recovery rate in Bihar stands at 71 percent. The state recorded 14 deaths for 24 hours including the first Coronavirus death of a doctor, taking the toll to 134.

Meanwhile, the total number of recovered people affected with coronavirus yesterday crossed the 5.5 lakh mark. The Central Government said, a total of 5, 53,471 people have recovered in the country so far and with this, the recovery rate reached 63.01 percent.

During the last 24 hours, 18,850 people have recovered from Covid-19. There are 19 States and Union Territories which have a higher recovery rate than the national average of recovery rate.

The Health and Family Welfare Ministry said a total of 28,701 new cases of Covid-19 have been reported in the country within 24 hours taking the total number of cases to 8,78,254. This is the highest number of fresh cases recorded in one day since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic in India.

Presently, the total number of active corona cases in the country is 3,01,609. In a single day, 500 deaths have been reported taking the nationwide toll to 23,174. With this, the COVID fatality rate reached 2.63 percent in the country. 30 States and Union Territories have the lowest fatality rate than the national average of fatality rate.

Meanwhile, the Indian Council of Medical Research, ICMR said, that a total of 2,19,103 tests of coronavirus samples were conducted by the various laboratories in the country within 24 hours. So far 1,18,6,256 tests have been conducted. Testing per million is 8,555 in the country.

ICMR is continuously scaling up its testing facilities for Covid-19 by giving approval to government and private laboratories. As of now, a total of 1,200 laboratories across India has been given the approval to conduct the test for Covid-19 including 852 with another 12 institute government laboratories and 348 private laboratories' chains.