COVID-19: Delhi shatters record for deaths with 131 fatalities

As the wrath of the Covid19 pandemic continued to grapple the national capital it reported the highest singleday fatalities on Wednesday at 131 taking its overall death toll to 7943 while 7486 new cases out of the 60229 samples tested in the last 24 hours mounted Delhis Covid tally to 503084The fatalities recorded are the highest in a day coming in parallel to the sharp spike in cases being reported after monthslong lull Delhi has seen an alarming spike in cases in recent weeks recording more new cases than any other state in the countryMeanwhile the Delhi Corona App showed that 1236 out of 1347 ventilator beds in dedicated ICU wards across the hospitals in the capital city are occupied leaving a large waiting list for the patients to procure even a single bed All the major private and government hospitals have shown full occupancy as per the applicationAs per the government data 6901 patients recovered from the deadly disease in the last 24 hours Delhis test positivity rate stood at 1171 per cent while the case fatality rate stood at 157 per centThe only silver lining is that the number of tests conducted crossed the 60000mark after days of testing abysmally low number of samples since the Diwali festivity startedCurrently 9343 out of 16884 beds are occupied in the hospitals 568 out of 8217 beds in the dedicated Covid Care Centres and 219 out of 562 beds in the dedicated Covid Health Centres Over 24842 people are in home isolation The number of containment zones has been raised to 4444November is turning out to be the most precarious month for the national capital in managing the pandemic The capital city is just halfway into the month but it has already reported an alarming spike in the number of cases and deathseanwhile Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday visited the stategovernment GTB Hospital to review the preparedness He said that in a review meeting the doctors have agreed to increase the strength of the ICU beds by 232 which means that the total number of ICU beds in GTB Hospital will go up to 400Around 663 beds will be increased in other Delhi government hospitals in the next few days Apart from this with the Centre assuring 750 additional ICU beds around 1400 beds will be increased across hospitals in Delhi in the coming few daysHe said that despite the huge spike in the number of cases the doctors and nurses in Delhi are doing a commendable in treating corona patientsBriefing the media after the hospital visit Kejriwal said The corona cases have been rising in Delhi for the past few days but overall there is sufficient number of beds in the hospitals If we leave some big private hospitals there are adequate number of beds available in the government and private hospitalsKeep scrolling to read more newsCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates MidDay is now on Telegram Click here to join our channel middayinfomedialtd and stay updated with the latest newsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever