The scramble for hospital beds, which was too common during the second wave last year, has been missing. Bed occupancy statusBed occupancy has gone up in the past fortnight, but it did not match the occupancy levels during the second wave. There were 79 Covid patients at Peerless Hospital on Saturday evening, compared to 6 or 7 patients during the last week of December. “There used to be a queue of ambulances outside the emergency during the peak of the second wave. Mitra, who is also treating Covid patients, said there were 68 patients in the Covid ward in Peerless and 11 in the critical care unit (CCU).

Source: The Telegraph January 16, 2022 06:16 UTC