A COVID infected patient rests on his bed inside a COVID care center in New Delhi.
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- Delhi government has ordered to increase the capacity of COVID beds in 9 government hospitals
- Hospitals under GNCTD directed to immediately increase the bed capacity for the proposed increase in beds
- Delhi sees rising trend in COVID cases as national capital records over 10K cases
In view of the rising COVID-19 cases, the Delhi government has ordered to increase the capacity of COVID beds in nine government hospitals in the national capital.
According to an order dated January 4, 2021, the government has directed to increase the capacity of COVID beds in its nine hospitals from the existing 3,316 to 4,350.
“In view of the rapid spread of the omicron variant of COVID-19 in Delhi, the hospitals under GNCTD are directed to immediately increase the bed capacity for the proposed increase in beds,” read the order.
“Furthermore, the MS/MD/Director of all concerned GNCTD hospitals should ensure that all preparations are made to involve manpower, equipment etc., required to carry out the bed augmentation operation.”
Meanwhile, Delhi is witnessing an increasing trend in the number of COVID-19 cases as the national capital has clocked a positivity rate of over 10,000 cases reaching 11.88 per cent in the last 24 hours.
According to the bulletin issued by the state health department, 10,665 new cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Delhi in the last 24 hours. The national capital has recorded 14,74,366 COVID-19 cases so far, including 23,307 active cases.
With eight COVID-related deaths in the last 24 hours, the death toll in the city has risen to 25,121. In view of rising cases, the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) has decided to impose curfew in the national capital over the weekend.
(with ANI inputs)
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