Bihar chief secretary Arun Kumar Singh on Friday passed away at a hospital in Patna due to COVID-19 complications. Singh, who was a senior IAS officer, was admitted to a hospital after testing positive for coronavirus and was undergoing treatment.
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Reportedly, he had taken the second dose of vaccine at state-run Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (IGIMS).
Singh, a 1985-batch officer, was appointed the chief secretary of Bihar in February this year, replacing senior IAS officer Deepak Kumar.
Bihar currently has 1,00,822 active coronavirus cases and so far 2,480 lives have been lost in the state due to Covid-19.
India recorded 3,86,452 new COVID-19 cases, 3,498 related deaths and 2,97,540 recoveries on Thursday.
