Chennai recorded a more than three-fold increase in the number of patients in hospitals: 1,754 patients on January 3, compared to 507 on December 3. On January 4, the patient count rose to 1,931. With this, about 14% of the total beds in Tamil Nadu were occupied, as against 4% a month ago. Moreover, more than one-fifth of oxygen beds were taken up in the state, compared to 6% a month ago.
Delhi government’s largest epidemic hospital Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital 10. Were covid At the end of November, the patient has now reached 70. The government has asked all hospitals and nursing homes with more than 50 beds to reserve 40% for COVID cases, as it did during the second wave.
In Mumbai, 834 hospitalizations were recorded on Tuesday, up from 574 on Monday and 503 on Sunday. This jump is about 68%, compared to the average daily hospitalization seen about five days ago. Civic officials said that of Mumbai’s 35,000 hospital beds, about 15% were currently taken up.
Dr Neelam Andrade, Dean of Nesco Jumbo Hospital goregaonSaid that there are more than 150-170 admissions per day. “But, there has not been a significant increase in oxygen use,” she said.
Pune has registered a marginal increase in hospital admissions. “Our hospital has registered a growth of around 10% in the last two weeks. Most of them are moderately ill,” said Noble HospitalInfectious disease specialist Dr Amit Dravid.
Ahmedabad, the epicenter of the latest outbreak in Gujarat, has recorded a 10-fold increase in the number of hospital stays in the past 12 days. On 23 December, there were seven Covid patients in private hospitals in the city. On January 4, this number increased to 73. There are 19 patients in government hospitals.
Patients requiring oxygen therapy remained low in Kolkata. Across Bengal, the Covid bed occupancy stands at 2.6%.
In Madhya Pradesh, hospitalizations rose from 86 on December 4 to 160 on January 4, but only a handful needed oxygen support. Chattisgarh There are 1,942 active cases, 465 in hospital. In poll-bound UP, nine of the 287 hospitalized patients are in intensive care.
bound to choose Punjab Cases have registered an increase, but hospitalization rates have been low. Health department data shows that less than 3% of the 9,597 oxygen beds were occupied as of January 4. In Chandigarh, out of 279 Covid beds with oxygen facility, only 25 were occupied on Tuesday.
In Haryana, 5 percent beds were taken. In Rajasthan, health officials said only 23 patients were undergoing treatment at the state’s largest Covid hospital. In Karnataka, 371 were admitted to private hospitals and 71 to government facilities in Bengaluru in the last 15 days. In Kerala, out of 2,459 available ventilators, 1,479 are unused (60.1%). And out of 7,451 ICU beds, 3,734 are currently unused (50.1%).
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