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NEW DELHI: With novel coronavirus cases surging in the city, hospital beds are quickly running out of availability.
Delhi recorded 4,033 coronavirus cases on Sunday, the highest daily count this year, as the positivity rate rose to 4.64 per cent, according to the health department.
Adding to the worrisome positive cases figure is the fatality count in the past 24 hours with 21 patients losing their lives.
This is the highest since January 1, when an equal number of fatalities were reported. Over 50 per cent of the ICU beds with ventilators are currently occupied in the national capital.
As per the Delhi corona app, 414 out of 790 such neds are already occupied. Lok Nayak Hospital, the largest facility under the Delhi government, which has 50 ICU beds with ventilators, has only four available currently.