<span style="color: #222222;">In Bihar, COVID testing capacity target has been fixed at 50 thousand tests per day. Every district will be monitored by an IAS Officer. The decision has been taken in view of the spike in the number of cases.<br />''<br />''Meanwhile a highest number of 3,521 fresh cases have been reported yesterday, taking the tally to 54,508. Prominent among those tested positive are Rajya Sabha MP RCP Singh ,MLA Lalan Paswan and Patna DM. Maximum number of positive cases 9,358 are from Patna followed by 2,638 in Bhagalpur and 2,459 in Muzaffarpur.<br />''<br />''35 thousand 473 patients have recovered and 18 thousand 722 patients are undergoing treatment in various hospitals.312 people have lost their lives so far. And the recovery rate of the state is 65 percent. Over  five lakh 76 thousand tests have been conducted so far across the state.</span><br />