Covid-appropriate behaviour even though the rise in infections and hospitalisations is not yet alarming. Within a period of 15 days, the rate of occupancy of Covid beds rose from 3.26% to 6.24% registerimg a near two-fold spike.
Of the 9,405 available beds for coronavirus patients in Delhi, 307 (3.26 per cent) were occupied on August 1. The occupancy rate was 3.75 per cent on August 2 and four per cent the day after.
It kept on rising on most days thereafter and stood at 6.24 per cent on August 16. Dr Vikas Maurya, Director and HOD, Pulmonology, Fortis Hospital Shalimar Bagh, said in the last one week or so, they are observing a rise in hospital admissions due to the viral infection. "Most of the patients are those who have multiple comorbidities and some of them are also unvaccinated.
Some patients also have had lung involvement, which meant that they required anti-viral treatment and other Covid drugs," he added.