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Mumbai: 96,000 COVID-19 cases in March, bed crunch begins
Updated On: 03 April, 2021 07:15 AM IST | Mumbai | Chetna Sadadekar
BMC dashboard shows 3,000 COVID beds available, but only 200 each of ICU and ventilator; corporation asks five pvt hospitals to take only COVID patients
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Visitors at Gateway of India get tested for COVID-19 on Friday. Pics/Suresh Karkera
In a month during which the city broke all records, over 96,000 COVID-19 cases were recorded by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) in March, up from just 17,000 in February. The exponential rise has led to a shortage of beds to treat COVID-19 patients. Just like last year, the BMC is going to increase the number of beds in its major and peripheral hospitals and claims that it has asked five private hospitals to operate mainly as COVID hospitals.
Officials check negative test reports of people arriving from Alibaug at Gateway of India on Friday
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