Patna: AIIMS-Patna has been designated as dedicated COVID-19 hospital, according to the Bihar Health Department.
It is the second medical facility in the city, after the Nalanda Medical College and Hospital, to have been declared a dedicated COVID-19 facility.
A total of 352 new cases of coronavirus were reported in Bihar on Friday, informed the State Health Department.
With the addition of these new cases, the state tally of coronavirus cases has climbed to 14,330, including 9,792 recovered cases, said the health department.
Patna also tops the state in terms of the number of confirmed cases (1,558), out of which 73 were reported on Friday. Bhagalpur, which has the second-highest number of infections (840) in the state, recorded a maximum of 84 fresh cases.
Bihar has been rattled by a spurt which has added close to 1,800 cases since Wednesday, and it has more than a quarter of its 38 districts under fresh lockdown imposed by the respective local administrations.
The districts where restrictions have been reintroduced are Patna, Bhagalpur, East Champaran, West Champaran, Nawada, Nalanda, Jehanabad, Begusarai, Araria and Kishanganj.
The lockdowns have been imposed for varied periods in different districts.
India's COVID-19 count has reached 7,93,802 on Friday, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Out of the total number of cases, 2,76,682 are active, 4,95,516 have been cured/discharged/migrated and 21,604 have died so far due to the infection.
(With inputs from agencies)
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