Patna (Bihar) [India], January 6 (ANI): Bihar Cabinet on Wednesday approved an ex gratia of Rs 4 lakhs each to the next of kin of those who lost their lives to COVID-19.

Meanwhile, the state has seen as many as 12096 fatalities due to COVID-19 till Wednesday.

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Bihar reported 1659 new COVID-19 cases in 24 hours. At present, Bihar has a total of 3697 active CCOVID cases, with a 97.84 per cent recovery rate. (ANI)

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