<span style="color: #222222;">The four-day Monsoon Session of Bihar Assembly beginning August 3 has been curtailed to a single day in view of Corona pandemic. The decision was taken at an all party meeting chaired by Assembly Speaker Vijay Kumar Chaudhary. Earlier the session was scheduled from August 3 to 6. This session will be the last before Assembly elections in the state. For the first time the session will not be held in Assembly building. This time it will be held in another building outside the Assembly in view of the Corona threat.<br />''<br />''Meanwhile positive cases in Bihar have mounted to 50 thousand 987 with reporting of 2,986 fresh cases.This is the &nbsp;single day highest &nbsp;spike in positive cases in the state.33 thousand 650 patients were recovered and 17 thousand 38 patients are undergoing treatment in various hospitals.298 people so far &nbsp;died due to Corona Recovery rate is 66 percent.Testing capacity has been increased to over 20 thousand per day.Altogether five lakh 48 thousand tests have been conducted so far across the state.</span><br />
News On AIR | August 1, 2020 8:40 AM
Four-day Monsoon Session of Bihar Assembly curtailed to single day in view of Corona pandemic