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NEW DELHI: Amid an exponential surge in Covid cases, Delhi government on Monday declared 14 private hospitals as full Covid facilities and increased the number of beds in other private hospitals from 50% to 60%, adding 2,060 Covid beds.
Another 593 beds were created in six government hospitals, including Rajiv Gandhi Super Specialty Hospital, Burari Hospital, Deep Chand Bandhu Hospital and Ambedkar Nagar Hospital, all fully Covid hospitals.
Delhi reported 11,491 new Covid cases in the past 24 hours and the number of active cases has crossed 38,000, challenging the existing healthcare infrastructure. The situation regarding the occupancy and availability of Covid beds was assessed in a meeting chaired by chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday.
Health-workers flashed victory signs after being given coronavirus vaccines, while top officials sought to dispel fears about the shots as India kicked off one of the largest inoculation drives in the world on Saturday, setting in motion a complex plan to stem still rising infections across the nation of more than 1.3 billion people. At hospitals and vaccination centers in major Indian cities from Mumbai to New Delhi a total of 224,301 people received vaccines over the weekend, according to data released by the federal health ministry. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the program with a speech addressing more than 3,300 centers across India, where the first shots were given.
Updated Dec 31, 2020 | 13:18 IST
The Delhi government has ordered setting up of isolation facilities at four private hospitals for those who travelled from or transited through the UK between November 25 and December 24. Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain | Photo Credit: ANI
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