Delhi government orders private hospitals, nursing homes to reserve 40% ward and ICU beds for Covid-19 cases – Details here!

Due to the rising number of COVID-19 cases and its new variant Omicron cases in the country, the Delhi government has asked all private hospitals and nursing homes to keep reserve beds for COVID-19 patients.

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Zee Business reporter Ambarish Pandey has reported that the Delhi government has ordered all the private hospitals and nursing homes with 50 or more beds to keep 40 per cent of the total capacity (40 per cent of ward bed capacity as well as 40 per cent of ICU bed capacity) for COVID-19 cases.

It must be noted that as per the order issued by the Delhi government, there has been an upsurge of COVID-19 cases in the NCT of Delhi over the past four days and the positivity rate has rose exponentially from 2.44 per cent on December 31, 2021 to more than 8 per cent on January 4, 2022.

On Tuesday, Delhi reported 5,481 fresh Covid cases, its highest single-day rise after May 16, when the city logged 6,456 infections. The new cases have pushed the infection tally to 14,63,701 in the National Capital.

According to a source in Delhi health department, it is the onset of the third Covid wave in the city where three deaths were reported in last 24 hours, taking death toll at 25,113.

Furthermore, today, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced that he has tested positive for Covid-19, adding that he has "mild symptoms" and was isolating at home.

"I have tested positive for Covid. Mild symptoms. Have isolated myself at home. Those who came in touch wid me in last few days, kindly isolate urself and get urself tested," Arvind Kejriwal tweeted.

On December 29, 2020, the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) had ordered a `yellow` alert in the capital which is declared when the infection rate continues to be either at the mark of 0.5 per cent positivity for two consecutive days or crosses it.

Of the cases being reported in the national capital, 81 per cent are that of the new Omicron variant, Health Minister Satyendra Jain had said in the Legislative Assembly on Monday.