A well being employee takes a swab pattern to check for COVID-19 at a authorities hospital in Noida, a suburb of New Delhi.
In view of the pandemic scenario in the nationwide capital, 14 private hospitals have been declared as full COVID hospitalĀ and would not be allowed to confess any non-COVID affected person. These hospitals would cumulatively present 3,553 beds for COVID remedy. The hospitals can even be allowed to briefly improve their mattress capability as much as 35 per cent, the Delhi authorities knowledgeable on Wednesday.
On Wednesday, Delhi recorded as many as 17,282 contemporary coronavirus instances, the sharpest each day spike for the reason that outbreak of the pandemic. With this, the tally of COVID-19 instances in the nationwide capital has reached over 7.67 lakh, whereas the loss of life toll mounted to 11,540. One hundred 4 fatalities have been recorded in the final 24 hours, in accordance with the most recent bulletin issued by the Delhi well being division.
This is the primary time each day COVID instances have breached the 17,000-mark in the nationwide capital for the reason that begin of the pandemic in early 2020.
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