total lockdown has been imposed in Bihar from today. The state will remin under complete lockdown till 31 July. On Tuesday Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi informed about the 16-day lockdown curbs in the state.
A shutdown had earlier been imposed in nearly a third of its 38 districts.The state government order, which cited a Ministry of Home Affairs communication of June 29 for containment of the pandemic, also said the decision was taken in view of the "alarming surge in COVID 19 cases...in last three weeks".Bihar on Wednesday reported its sharpest rise in COVID-19 deaths with 14 casualties within a span of 24 hours, while 1,320 fresh cases caused the state's tally to breach the 20,000-mark, according to the state health.