Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar announced on Thursday that the statewide lockdown imposed to control the spread of the coronavirus disease, is being extended for 10 days, from May 16-25.
The ongoing lockdown has shown a "positive impact" in controlling the situation, he added.
According to a Bihar health department bulletin on May 12, the state's Covid-19 tally stood at 6,22,433. 9,863 people tested positive for the viral disease in the last 24 hours, the overall death toll, meanwhile, reached 3,503 with 74 more people succumbing to the infection.