Bihar government has decided to give free vaccine to all above 18 years of age.<br />'' <br />''In a tweet, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said the state government will bear the cost of administering jabs to all citizens of the state.<br />'' <br />''Meanwhile, Bihar witnessed the highest spike in COVID-19 cases and related deaths yesterday.<br />'' <br />''12,222 active cases of COVID-19 were reported during the past 24 hours in the state and 95 deaths were also reported.<br />'' <br />''With this, casualities due to pandemic has gone upto 1897.<br />'' <br />''Maximum positive cases of 2,919 reported from Patna.<br />'' <br />''Mortality rate has increased by 20 percent in the past 20 days.<br />'' <br />''Active cases in the state have gone upto 63,746 and they are undergoing treatment at different hospitals.<br />'' <br />''Recovery rate is decreasing and it is now at 81.47 percent.<br />'' <br />''Meanwhile, 75,671 people took vaccine Wednesday.<br />'' <br />''<span style="color: #222222;">Over 62 lakh 67 thousand 491 people have so far been vaccinated in the state.</span><br />