Highlights
- Expert committee recommends additional facility of 15,000 beds for COVID-19
- 15,000 beds should have proper oxygen supply: Dr Verma, Chairman, Committee
- Delhi would need about 42,000 beds by July 15: Five member committee
New Delhi: Delhi is likely to see at least one lakh COVID-19 cases by end of June as per a projection made by the five-member committee formed by the Delhi government. Based on the projection, the committee has asked the government to arrange an additional 15,000 beds to cater to the needs of the patients in the national capital. Dr Mahesh Verma, chairman of the committee, told ANI, “We have studied the trends of other cities like Ahemdabad, Mumbai and Chennai. Our calculations project more than one lakh cases in the national capital by the end of June. We have submitted our report to the government recommending them to make an additional facility of 15,000 beds. We want that no patient should suffer. We are getting prepared to combat the virus.”
These 15,000 beds can be placed in hotels, makeshift COVID treatment facilities etc, but they should have proper oxygen supply, said Dr Verma.
Another official said,
Delhi’s doubling rate is 15 days. Based on our projections, the number of cases would increase. About 25 per cent of patients will require hospitalisation. Most of the patients would have a medical condition of ‘hypoxia’ and 5 per cent would need a ventilator. Hence, we have advised the government to arrange the maximum facility of oxygen supply for patients.
Hypoxia is a condition in which the body or a region of the body is deprived of adequate oxygen supply at the tissue level.
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He added that Delhi would need about 42,000 beds by July 15.
On May 2, the AAP government had formed the five-member committee for COVID-19 management in Delhi. Their work includes — to see overall preparedness of hospitals in Delhi, augment health infrastructure and any other area where the strengthening of infrastructure of health facilities is required for better management of COVID-19 in the national capital.
On Saturday (June 6), Delhi reported a spike of 1,320 new cases, with which the total number of COVID-19 cases rose to 27,654. To date, the death toll due to the virus is 761 in the national capital.
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State Details
| State | Cases | Active | Recovered | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maharashtra | 65,96,645 1,825 | 29,333 1,075 | 64,27,426 2,879 | 1,39,886 21 |
| Kerala | 48,79,790 11,150 | 83,333 2,476 | 47,69,373 8,592 | 27,084 82 |
| Karnataka | 29,84,484 462 | 9,103 26 | 29,37,405 479 | 37,976 9 |
| Tamil Nadu | 26,90,633 1,170 | 14,058 268 | 26,40,627 1,418 | 35,948 20 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 20,61,810 523 | 5,566 88 | 20,41,924 608 | 14,320 3 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 17,10,058 11 | 112 6 | 16,87,048 17 | 22,898 |
| West Bengal | 15,82,813 867 | 7,491 63 | 15,56,315 795 | 19,007 9 |
| Delhi | 14,39,466 25 | 310 12 | 14,14,066 37 | 25,090 |
| Odisha | 10,36,532 559 | 4,387 106 | 10,23,849 451 | 8,296 2 |
| Chhattisgarh | 10,05,735 34 | 185 3 | 9,91,979 36 | 13,571 1 |
| Rajasthan | 9,54,393 1 | 38 0 | 9,45,401 1 | 8,954 |
| Gujarat | 8,26,340 14 | 176 9 | 8,16,077 22 | 10,087 1 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 7,92,709 9 | 82 3 | 7,82,104 6 | 10,523 |
| Haryana | 7,71,116 15 | 133 7 | 7,60,934 8 | 10,049 |
| Bihar | 7,26,036 3 | 30 12 | 7,16,345 15 | 9,661 |
| Telangana | 6,69,556 191 | 3,968 28 | 6,61,646 162 | 3,942 1 |
| Assam | 6,07,427 308 | 3,610 25 | 5,97,859 282 | 5,958 1 |
| Punjab | 6,02,113 32 | 232 16 | 5,85,331 15 | 16,550 1 |
| Jharkhand | 3,48,486 25 | 142 14 | 3,43,209 11 | 5,135 |
| Uttarakhand | 3,43,773 8 | 176 1 | 3,36,199 6 | 7,398 1 |
| Jammu And Kashmir | 3,31,299 78 | 800 3 | 3,26,070 80 | 4,429 1 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 2,21,936 110 | 1,394 46 | 2,16,815 64 | 3,727 |
| Goa | 1,77,706 47 | 597 23 | 1,73,755 70 | 3,354 |
| Puducherry | 1,27,521 42 | 461 29 | 1,25,208 71 | 1,852 |
| Manipur | 1,22,970 71 | 1,360 2 | 1,19,706 66 | 1,904 3 |
| Mizoram | 1,15,207 741 | 10,263 505 | 1,04,548 1,243 | 396 3 |
| Tripura | 84,351 2 | 95 7 | 83,440 9 | 816 |
| Meghalaya | 83,158 79 | 761 21 | 80,958 58 | 1,439 |
| Chandigarh | 65,312 2 | 24 1 | 64,468 3 | 820 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 55,043 12 | 138 7 | 54,625 19 | 280 |
| Sikkim | 31,800 17 | 175 6 | 31,232 22 | 393 1 |
| Nagaland | 31,659 18 | 255 8 | 30,728 10 | 676 |
| Ladakh | 20,886 3 | 34 0 | 20,644 3 | 208 |
| Dadra And Nagar Haveli | 10,676 | 2 2 | 10,670 2 | 4 |
| Lakshadweep | 10,365 | 0 0 | 10,314 | 51 |
| Andaman And Nicobar Islands | 7,646 | 7 1 | 7,510 1 | 129 |
