Bihar reports 704 fresh COVID-19 cases, tally mounts to 13,987

The coronavirus infection continued to rage through Bihar with the state registering over 700 cases for the second day in a row on Thursday, prompting more district administrations to impose lockdown or similar restrictive measures. 

According to the Bihar health department, the total tally of coronavirus cases reached 13,978 with 704 new



instances of the infection on Thursday, a day after the state witnessed its biggest single-day spike of 749. With the steepest rise of nine fatalities, the COVID-19 death toll in the state mounted to 109. 

However, it was not known how many of the fatalities that were reported on Thursday had taken place in the last 24 hours.