The BMC, which had initially assigned about 50 beds in two civic-run hospitals for suspected Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, has now decided to set up isolation wards in other hospitals, including both government and private facilities.

In light of the current panic situation, it is increasing the number of beds for quarantine patients from the entire Mumbai Metropolitan Region. Kasturba Hospital, which has attended to 62 patients showing symptoms of the new Coronavirus so far, will now have 120 beds, 88 more than initially set aside. All the patients tested negative for the deadly virus, said Additional Municipal Commissioner Suresh Kakani.