The Health Ministry’s Communications Director and Public Health Services Deputy Director General Dr. Hemantha Herath told The Morning that 81 of the 146 ICU beds earmarked for Covid-19 patients are currently occupied. Dr. Herath said that 81 of the 146 ICU beds currently earmarked for Covid-19 patients are currently occupied. Now patients are not lying in beds but are either standing or seated,” he told Health Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi in Parliament. He raised concerns about the increasing number of Covid-19 patients requiring hospital and Intensive Care Unit (ICU) treatment. According to the Epidemiology Unit, 2,510 new Covid-19 patients were identified on Monday (2) with 67 new deaths also reported as a result of it, on the same day.

Source: The Nation August 03, 2021 18:00 UTC