15% of beds in government hospitals occupied in Bengaluru
The Hindu
On the other hand, only 21% of beds in 2 COVID Care Centres vacant, as per BBMP COVID-19 war room report
Despite the spike in COVID-19 cases in Bengaluru which recorded a positivity rate of 8.66% and 10,800 new positive cases on Tuesday, hospitalisation remains low. As per the latest COVID-19 war room report released by the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) on Tuesday, just around 224 of 1,538 beds in 22 government health care facilities were occupied. This includes beds in four government medical colleges, 16 government hospitals and two COVID-19 Care Centres (CCCs).
At present, around 15% of beds in government hospitals are occupied. Of the 841 general beds, only 136 are currently occupied. Among HDU beds, the occupancy percentage is 11% while of the 80 available ICU beds, around 30 are currently occupied. On the other hand, of the 90 beds available in COVID Care Centres, 71 are occupied; only 21% of the beds are vacant.
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