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The ICU beds in Delhi have increased by 205 in central government hospitals, Delhi government hospitals and private hospitals following the meeting held by Home Minister Amit Shah to ramp up medical infrastructure for Covid surge.
The Home Ministry said 116 oxygenated beds have been added in Central Government hospitals and AIIMS. Uttar Pradesh government has issued instructions to carry out surveys of private hospitals on the same lines as done by multi-disciplinary teams set up by the Home Ministry. A total of 125 ventilators from Bharat Electronics Limited have reached Delhi and house to house survey has also begun.
ICMR has increased the RT-PCR testing capacity from 27,000 tests per day to 37,200 per day on directions of the Home Minister. Over 30,700 RT-PCR samples were collected in Delhi on 19th of November as compared to 12 thousand and 55 RT-PCR samples on 15th of this month.