Covid-19: Less than 3,000 hospital beds now occupied in Delhi
The occupancy of beds reserved for Covid-19 patients in Delhi’s hospitals reduced to 18% on Wednesday with only 2,958 out of 16,038 beds being occupied. Even the ventilator beds, which were in high demand till last month, remained mostly vacant. According to data shared by the hospitals on Delhi Corona app on Wednesday, out of 1,207 Covid beds with ventilator support, only 396 (33%) were occupied and the remaining 811 (67%) were lying vacant. Delhi government has decided to discontinue the scheme of creation of healthcare facilities at hotels, but a decision on whether private hospitals should be allowed to reduce the number of Covid beds in view of low occupancy is yet to be taken.