For instance, the city had only 180 vacant intensive care unit (ICU)- and oxygen-supported beds on May 11, as per the State’s media bulletin. On Thursday, there were 1,496 vacant ICU- and oxygen-supported beds. The number of people occupying oxygen-supported beds, which continued to rise and reached 8,866 earlier this week, reduced by 400 on Thursday. As a consequence of this, and with the increase in capacity, the number of vacant oxygen-supported beds rose from 800 earlier this week to 1,417 on Thursday. Sustained effortsMeanwhile, the bed capacity in the city, particularly oxygen-supported beds, continued to rise amid sustained efforts by the administration.

Source: The Hindu May 27, 2021 23:49 UTC