Bihar COVID-19 death toll reaches 187; tally climbs to 27,455

death toll due to COVID-19 in Bihar climbed to 187, with eight more fatalities reported on Monday, while 1,076 fresh cases pushed state's tally to 27,455, a health department bulletin said.

Of eight deaths, two were reported from East Champaran and one each from Begusarai, Bhojpur, Purnea, Sheikhpura, Siwan and Vaishali districts, bulletin said.

So far, Patna has recorded highest number of 28 deaths.

COVID-19 tally climbed to 27,455 with 1,076 new cases, it said.

Patna district tops COVID-19 tally with 3,894 cases, followed by Bhagalpur (1,699), Muzaffarpur (1,156), Siwan (1,107), Nalanda (1,097) and Begusarai (1,090).

recovery rate in state was 63.87 per cent and till date 17,535 people have recovered, 938 of m in last 24 hours.

total number of COVID-19 active cases on Monday is 9,732, bulletin said.

So far, 3.88 lakh samples have been tested.

Meanwhile, office and residence of Banka Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) has been declared as containment zone and sealed for 72 hours after SDPO and his wife tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday, Superintendent of Police Arvind Kumar Gupta said.