Due to the rising number of Coronavirus cases in India, PM Modi announced on 14th April that lockdown in India will be extended till 3rd May 2020. He said India has already built a capacity of 100,000 isolation beds for COVID-19 patients. Complete Coverage: Coronavirus
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Coronavirus Update Coronavirus cases in India have crossed the 10,000-mark and the death toll is over 350. With nearly 2,500 cases as of 14th April 2020, Maharashtra has the highest number of cases followed by Delhi and Tamil Nadu.
The growing number of cases has compelled the Centre and States to extend the lockdown to 3rd May 2020. On 14th April, India recorded its highest single-day new cases, 1,211. PM Modi announced that the lockdown will be gradually lifted from 20th April in areas where the pandemic is creating less havoc. Although, it would be with certain restrictions and will be reinforced if COVID-19 cases start showing up in the region.
मैं आपका साथ मांग रहा हूं। सात बातों में आपका साथ… यह सप्तपदी विजय प्राप्त करने का मार्ग है। पूरी निष्ठा के साथ 3 मई तक लॉकडाउन के नियमों का पालन करें, जहां हैं, वहीं रहें, सुरक्षित रहें। pic.twitter.com/QTSPWx1aRH — Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) April 14, 2020
Building Beds, Health, and Nation Indian Health Ministry spokesperson Luv Agarwal said that India has an arrangement of 1 lakh isolation beds for COVID-19 patients. He added that 11,500 ICU beds have also been reserved for patients with severe symptoms. Looking at the number of cases at the beginning of the lockdown – 550, if lockdown had not been implemented, India would have had 8.2 lakh Coronavirus cases till April 15. Till now there are approximately 600 hospitals equipped to treat COVID-19 patients. As per global experience, 15% of all the positive patients need a hospital bed. By that number, nearly 1500-1600 patients require beds if 10,000 are infected.
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Parking garages, parks, hotels, universities, train compartments are some of the few unique places which are being converted into pop up medical facilities across the globe.
Indian Railways has converted almost 5000 coaches into a mobile isolation ward network with a capacity of around 80,000 beds.
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