<span style="color: #222222;">Bihar topped the country with 79.4 per cent COVID-19 vaccination according to data released by Union Health and Family Welfare Department. Tripura is in second position with 77.8 per cent while Madhya Pradesh is in third position with 76 per cent.<br />''<br />''Total number of people who have got the first dose of COVID -19 vaccines in Bihar crossed the four lakh 29 thousand 760. No side effect from the vaccine has been reported from any part of the state.<br />''<br />''Meanwhile, two lakh 59 thousand 234 patients have recovered from the COVID-19 infection in the state so far. State COVID-19 recovery rate has improved to 99.13 per cent. The number of active cases of COVID-19 is continuously declining. Currently, only 756 patients are receiving treatment at various hospitals. No positive case has been reported from 16 districts of the state.</span><br />