Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb in his tweet said “We have decided to convert Agartala’s Bhagat Singh Youth hostel into a 300-bed COVID19 treatment center & it will be under GB hospital’s supervision. Now in Agartala total beds for COVID19 treatment stand at 410 (GB hospital: 80 beds, IGM: 30 beds, Bhagat Singh: 300 beds)”

Tripura on thursday registered more 24 new COVID19 positive cases taking the total to 88.
The total number of coronavirus cases in India stood at 56,342, according to ministry of health and family welfare
The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 1,886 and the number of cases climbed to 56,342 in the country on Friday, registering an increase of 103 deaths and 3,390 cases in the last 24 hours, according to the Union Health Ministry.