The BMC is increasing the capacity of its COVID Care Centres-2 (CCC2) to accommodate the increasing number of asymptomatic COVID patients. Many CCC2 facilities have got filled up in the past two weeks and ward officials have been sending patients to Jumbo COVID Centres meant for symptomatic patients.

The corporation had set up CCC1s for high-risk contacts and CCC2s for asymptomatic patients. While the corporation had identified around 180 locations with a capacity of 23,000 beds in April, only a few of them were used. As the number of patients decreased in mid-July, the BMC returned unoccupied structures to their private owners to save money and manpower. Now the city has over 31,000 active patients, 21,705 of these are asymptomatic and there aren't enough COVID centres. "While asymptomatic patients in buildings chose to stay home, those from slums and small houses have to be isolated," said a BMC official.