Anticipating a spike in the number of coronavirus cases, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) in Mumbai is adding 100 beds daily in its hospitals, a senior official said Wednesday.
BMC expects the covid tally to breach the 35,000 mark by the time lockdown 4.0 ends on 31 May, even as the doubling rate of patients has slowed in last few weeks. “Since we are nearing the peak in Mumbai, we are getting 800-1000 patients on an average every day.
Considering 15% of the positive cases require hospitalization, there have been about 100-200 admissions per day," said Manisha Mhaiskar, principal secretary on special deputation to the BMC to manage hospital-related matters. “Presently we are commissioning 100 hospital beds on an average in two to