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Bihar govt to conduct random COVID tests in all educational institutions including schools

<span style="color: #222222;">Bihar government has instructed to conduct random covid tests in all educational institutions including schools. This decision has been taken after  positive cases  were  reported  in two government schools of Munger and one school from Gaya  district. Principal Secretary,  Education department,  Sanjay Kumar said schools will be closed after detection of  even  a single positive case. Mr Kumar said  instruction has been given to educational institutions to follow covid protocol strictly.<br />'' <br />'' Meanwhile  two lakh 50 thousand 447 patients have so far recovered from the Covid-19 infection in Bihar. The number of active cases of COVID-19 is continuously declining and currently stands at  four thousand 50. In all, 504 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours, while 452 new COVID-19 cases have been reported.<br />'' <br />''COVID-19 recovery rate has improved to 97.86 per cent in Bihar. Over one lakh 91 thousand corona tests were carried out during the last 24 hours. Over one crore 90 lakh corona tests have been conducted in the state so far.</span><br />

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