Delhi govt instructs private hospitals to discontinue covid facilities at hotels

Making a note of the improved Covid-19 conditions in the capital city, the Delhi government on Thursday directed private hospitals to discontinue their extended covid facilities made available at hotels. During the second wave of the pandemic, the government had issued an order allowing linking hotels with private hospitals to house the growing number of cases and demand for beds.

"It has been decided to discontinue the scheme of creation of health care facilities at hotels by private hospitals which was operationalised earlier. All concerned private hospitals are, accordingly, directed to wind up the facilities operating in hotels with immediate effect," the new order reads.

Delhi witnessed a surge in new cases and subsequent deaths during the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. Starting from April 19, the capital city recorded a drastic increase in Covid cases. On May 3, the city registered 448 deaths as per official data.

However, the peak is now subsiding. The test positivity rate and the number of deaths per day have been shrinking over the past few days.

On Friday, Delhi recorded 63 new Covid cases, 3 more fatalities and a TPR of 0.09 per cent. The number of available beds in hospitals has also increased. Of the 12,283 beds in Delhi, only 33 are presently occupied.

Thus far, Delhi has officially recorded an overall 14,36,207 cases and 25,052 fatalities.