Seven-day lockdown in Patna as city witnesses massive Covid spike

In light of increasing Covid-19 cases in Bihar, the Patna administration has ordered a complete lockdown of a week starting from 10 July to 16 July. The move comes after the state on Wednesday recorded the highest single-day spike of 749 Covid-19 cases, taking the total tally to 13,274 cases. Of these 9338 people have recovered.

Gopalganj registered 61 new cases while Begusarai registered 67 new cases and Bhagalpur registered 50 new cases.

A five-day lockdown has also been imposed in Bhagalpur from 9-13 July. 

 There has been a sudden spurt in coronavirus cases in recent times. On Monday the niece of Bihar Chief minister Nitish Kumar tested Covid-19 positive and is undergoing treatment at AIIMS. A BJP MLA too tested positive.

Shiv Pujan Jha

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