Lockdown In Bihar Till May 15, Says Nitish Kumar As Covid Cases Rise

Chief Minister Nitish Kumar made the announcement a day after a meeting of all ministers and top officials to take a call on the matter.

Bihar will go into a lockdown till May 15, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said today amid he incessant rise of COVID-19 cases in the state. His government has formed a Crisis Management Group to finalise the details of the move and to guide it. The Chief Minister made the announcement today through social media posts a day after a meeting of all ministers and top officials to take a call on the matter. It also comes on a day the state reported 11,407 fresh COVID-19 cases and 82 deaths, taking the state's overall case load to over 5.09 lakh and more than 2,800 fatalities.