Delhi: Cases below 1k second day in a row, plan to cut Covid beds
For the second consecutive day Tuesday, the city saw less than 1,000 daily cases with 939 new cases being recorded. December 23, 2020 4:22:02 am
At a testing centre in New Delhi. (File)
The Delhi health department has formed a four-member committee to make recommendations on reducing the number of Covid-dedicated beds in hospitals. The move comes after several requests were made by hospitals and institutes to restart non-Covid services against the backdrop of a drop in cases.
The order has been issued by Principal Health Secretary Vikram Dev Dutt. The team comprises Udit Rai Prakash, special secretary of department of health and family welfare; Dr Nutan Mundeja, Director General of Health Services; Dr Suneet Kaur from the National Centre for Disease Control; and Dr Anant Mohan, professor and head of department of pulmonary medicine, critical care and sleep medicine at AIIMS.