Tripura is in a good position in comparison to many states of the country. Therefore, there is no need for a lockdown or night curfew for now, said education minister Ratan Lal Nath.

Addressing a press conference, Nath stated that, ‘The health secretary JK Sinha is reviewing the Corona situation every day. The district and police administrations have started joint operation for mask enforcement in Tripura and we have no plan of imposing lockdown or a night curfew’.

At present, there are 509 beds in GB Hospital and 175 beds in dedicated COVID Hospital. Of these, 121 have oxygen and 54 are ICU beds. We also have 30 ventilators. The BSF’s dedicated COVID Healthcare Centre at Shalbagan has 150 beds with oxygen facilities and the ILS Hospital has 20 beds for Corona treatment, later he added.

The total number of corona cases in Tripura till April 16 was 33,933. Of these, 383 are currently active cases. However, only 47 patients are currently in hospital. The rest are in isolation at home, while samples of 6,62,609 people have already been tested in Tripura so far

Pointing out the statistics of the last year of the Corona situation at present, the Coronavirus testing facility is available in the state and all district hospitals, except Sepahijala and West districts.