The Chief Minister of Delhi – Arvind Kejriwal today, i.e., Friday, June 26, 2020 said that there are adequate number of beds for Coronavirus (COVID-19) patients in the national capital and that the situation has been brought under control by attaching hotels with hospitals.
At present, there are 13,240 beds in Delhi across 5 State Government run hospitals, 5 Central Government run hospitals and 116 private hospitals. Of this, only 6,100 beds are occupied.
There are 4,119 beds in State Government run hospitals, of which, 1,424 are occupied. In the Central Government run hospitals, there are 2,022 beds, of which 1,094 are occupied. The private hospitals have a combined capacity of 7099 beds, of which, 3,582 are occupied.
Addressing the media virtually, Kejriwal said, “Over the last one week, the daily average of beds occupied in hospitals has remained around 6,000. Over 3,000 new cases are being registered everyday, but not many are requiring hospitalisation. In Delhi, people infected with the virus are showing mild symptoms.”
At the same time, the Delhi CM also said that more Intensive Care Unit (ICU) beds will be needed in coming days. There are currently 744 ICU / ventilator beds in Delhi. In State Government run hospitals, there are 167 ICU beds, of which 118 are occupied. In Central Government run hospitals, there are 185 ICU beds, of which 111 are occupied. In private hospitals there are 392 ICU beds, of which, 268 are occupied.
Besides, as announced previously, the Delhi Government has provided pulse oximeters to people under home isolation, to measure oxygen levels every few hours.
Taking it to twitter, Kejriwal tweeted, “Patients under home isolation have been sent pulse oximeters. This will act as a Suraksha chakra. Plasma therapy is also helping many patients recover.”
There are 73,780 cases in Delhi and there have been 2,429 casualties. In the past 24 hours, Delhi reported 3,390 fresh cases and 64 casualties. Delhi is the second most-worst hit place in India after Maharashtra.
In other developments, the Indian Railways has said regular time-tabled passenger trains, including mail express, passenger and suburban services which were suspended by the Centre till June 30, 2020, will remain suspended till August 12, 2020. However, special passenger trains including 200 mail express trains and 30 Rajdhani trains that have been operating from May 12 and June 1, 2020, will continue to operate. The latest round of cancellations of trains comes in the background of a surge in COVID-19 cases across the country. All tickets booked for the regular time-tabled trams for the journey from July 1 to August 12 also stand cancelled and full fares will be refunded.
Apart from this, the Director-General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has extended the ban on international commercial flights till July 15, 2020. The ban will not be applicable for international cargo flights and those flights that have been approved by the DGCA.
Meanwhile, India recorded 17,296 fresh cases and 407 casualties today. Maharashtra recorded 4,841 fresh cases and 192 casualties in the past 24 hours, taking the total cases to 1,47,741 and casualties to 6,931. Tamil Nadu is the third most hit State reporting 3,509 fresh cases and 45 casualties. It has a total of 70,9777 cases and 911 casualties.
As per the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoHFW), there are 4,90,401 cases of COVID-19 and there have been 15,301 casualties.
