As the number of COVID-19-positive patients crossed the 4,000 mark, the BMC is now ready with a support system of Corona Care Centres 1 and 2, with a capacity of 25,724 across the city. Out of these, 25 per cent facilities are occupied, and BMC officials are hopeful that it will reduce the burden on hospitals and allow symptomatic patients to access them.

The BMC has made arrangements to treat COVID-19 patients in Kasturba, Jogeshwari Trauma, Rajawadi hospitals and now, in Nair Hospital. There are also a few private hospitals on duty. But over the past 10 days, as the number of positive cases started increasing sharply, there has been a shortage of beds and many patients have had to wait for hours. There is a limitation on increasing the number of beds in a hospital, so, BMC has started increasing the number of beds in quarantine centres. The BMC renamed the quarantine centres as Corona Care Centres 1 and 2. High-risk contacts are shifted to CCC1 and positive, asymptomatic patients are shifted to CCC2.