The daily peak of Covid in the national capital had begun to rise to unprecedented levels (Archive)
New Delhi:
A 12-point plan to address the coronavirus was adopted in Delhi at a meeting tonight between Union Interior Minister Amit Shah and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, including infrastructure such as additional ICU beds and cylinders. of oxygen and more medical personnel. In a series of tweets, Shah announced the measures, one of which is also to double coronavirus tests in the city and monitor people in home isolation.
After the meeting, Mr. Kejriwal said that the Center will make arrangements for 750 hospital beds in all the facilities of the Intensive Care Units for Covid patients in Delhi.
Since October 20, coronavirus cases have been on the rise in Delhi, but the ICU beds weren’t there, Kejriwal told reporters. “The Center has ensured that 750 ICU beds will be available at the DRDO center. The number of COVID-19 tests performed daily will increase to more than 1 lakh,” he added.
There is also a plan to increase the number of tests carried out from the current 60,000 a day to 1 lakh, he added.
With coronavirus cases spiraling upwards in Delhi since the beginning of November, there has been an acute shortage of ICU beds for Covid patients. Last week, the Delhi High Court allowed the government to have 80% beds in 33 private hospitals for coronavirus patients.
The daily peak of Covid in the national capital had started to rise to unprecedented levels 12 days ago.
As of November 3, the city had registered 6,725 cases after just a few weeks of low numbers. Three days later, he crossed the 7,000 mark. On November 11, the city registered 8,593 new cases, a record high.
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