Delhi: ICU beds found vacant , says govt’s Corona app

Delhi: ICU beds found vacant , says govt’s Corona app

Over 700 ICU beds have been found vacant and admissions of patients have also been dropped in Delhi. Around 700 or 11.5% of intensive care unit (ICU) beds that were reserved for Covid-19 patients in Delhi were seen vacant according to the Government’s Delhi Corona app. 

According to Dr Sumit Ray, Medical superintendent, Holy family hospital, " With fewer new cases being reported now, overall, the situation in hospitals has improved. The wards, oxygen beds, and emergency department are freeing up. However, the ICUs continue to be full. And this is because the duration of hospital stays for those who enter the ICU once is about three weeks. The ICU occupancy is likely to start going down in another 10 days or so, He further added the higher mortality during the second wave was mainly because hospitals were overwhelmed.

The number of beds for Covid-19 patients has also increased from just over 21,000 at the beginning of the month to 27,610 on Monday evening. The additional beds are mostly in Covid Care Centres that can manage mild to moderate cases. Meanwhile, Delhi has witnessed a fall in Covid-19 cases which has gone below 5,000 this week. Whereas one week lockdown has also been extended in the National capital till next Monday.