Delhi hospitals fast running out of ICU beds for Covid-19 patients as city records 25,000 cases

Hospitals in Delhi are fast running out of ICU beds for Covid-19 cases even as the city recorded over 25,000 fresh cases in the past 24 hours.

Delhi's hospitals are fast running out of ICU beds with or without ventilators even as the city continues to see a record-breaking surge in daily Covid-19 cases. According to the Delhi Corona app, there were zero ICU beds available in Delhi as of Monday morning. At a time on Monday morning, none of the government and private hospitals listed on the Delhi Corona app had a single ICU bed available for Covid-19 patients. Later, around 9 am, the number of ICU beds available in Delhi went up to 100 after the Sardar Patel hospital opened its doors for Covid care. In the latest spike, Delhi on Sunday recorded 25,462 cases in 24 hours, an all-time record for the city, along with 161 deaths.