Even as there is a sharp rise in Covid-19 cases, a majority of the private hospitals do not have a single infected patient. Private Hospital Coordinator Dr Gautam Bhansali said every private hospital currently has 15-25 beds ready, making it a total of 2,600 beds, which can be scaled up to 16,000 overnight if the need arises.

The civic chief recently held a meeting with Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation officials as well as Dr Bhansali, and directed both civic-run and private hospitals to be prepared if cases continue to rise. Recently, representatives of private hospitals too held a meeting over the issue.