00:00<\/b> COVID-19: 500 extra ICU beds for patients added across private hospitals, says Delhi Health Minister<\/font>
Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Friday said over 500 extra ICU beds are now available for COVID-19 patients after an order was issued recently to several private hospitals to earmark designated percentage of those beds for the purpose.

Last week an order was issued that 80 per cent ICU beds in 33 private hospitals in Delhi are to be reserved for COVID-19 patients, Jain had earlier said.

\"As per the Corona app, over 500 extra ICU beds are now available for COVID-19 patients,\" he told reporters on Friday.

Delhi recorded 4,432 fresh COVID-19 cases on Thursday, as the tally in the city mounted to over 2.34 lakh, authorities said.

The active cases tally on Thursday rose to 31,721 from 30,914 the previous day, as per the Delhi government's bulletin.

According to the Thursday bulletin, the positivity rate stood at 7.38 per cent and the death rate stood at 0.68 per cent based on data of the last 10 days, the minister said.<\/div>","entype":"Text","h":"","img":"","imgalt":"","imgcaption":"","key":"False","link":"","s":32,"sub":"","t":"Sep 18, 2020-18:45:22","title":"Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Friday said over 500 extra ICU beds are now available for COVID-19 patients after an order was issued recently to several private hospitals to earmark designated percentage of those beds for the purpose.

Last week an order was issued that 80 per cent ICU beds in 33 private hospitals in Delhi are to be reserved for COVID-19 patients, Jain had earlier said.

\"As per the Corona app, over 500 extra ICU beds are now available for COVID-19 patients,\" he told reporters on Friday.

Delhi recorded 4,432 fresh COVID-19 cases on Thursday, as the tally in the city mounted to over 2.34 lakh, authorities said.

The active cases tally on Thursday rose to 31,721 from 30,914 the previous day, as per the Delhi government's bulletin.

According to the Thursday bulletin, the positivity rate stood at 7.38 per cent and the death rate stood at 0.68 per cent based on data of the last 10 days, the minister said.","type":"nfeed"});