UP Govt. Orders for Doubling of Hospital Beds in 11 Districts With Alarming Surge in Coronavirus Cases

Lucknow: The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has decided to double the number of beds in districts that have witnessed a surge in COVID-19 cases. The state government has also ordered for strengthening of ventilator systems and oxygen provision in hospitals that come in the National Capital Region (NCR). The key decisions were taken after reports from the special teams deputed in 11 most affected districts in the state.

As per government sources, the districts’ magistrates along with chief medical officers (CMOs) of Baghpat, Meerut, Hapur, Bulandshehar, Gautam Buddh Nagar and Ghaziabad have been asked to double the number of beds in COVID Hospitals for all levels 1, 2 and 3. The teams deputed in the 11 most affected UP districts have allegedly found that the lockdown guidelines were implemented strictly in these districts.

In the interim, addressing the media at a press preparation on Tuesday, Principal Secretary Health Amit Mohan Prasad stated, "There are 563 committed Covid emergency clinics of L-1, 2 and 3 in the state for treatment of coronavirus patients in which there is an arrangement of 1,01,236 beds. At present, patients are being treated in 139 of these Covid emergency clinics. Every other office, including non-Covid care and crisis administrations are being given in all locale emergency clinics and clinical schools of the state. Aside from this, this office is likewise being given in 3,324



private medical clinics of the state." 

Prasad doctors and medical clinic staff of every private emergency clinic are being prepared to forestall the spread of the infection. "Doctors and clinical staff of intrigued emergency clinics were prepared by ace coaches in the locale. The absolute number of dynamic cases in the state is 5,259. An aggregate of 8,904 individuals have totally recuperated and been sent home. In this way, the recuperation rate stays at more than 61 percent. Be that as it may, the loss of life has arrived at 435. At present 5,261 individuals are kept in the confinement wards and experiencing treatment," included Prasad.

The Principal Secretary Health said 13, 966 samples were tested in the state on Monday and 1,082 pools of five samples each were tested, in which 150 people were found positive and 122 pools of 10 samples each were tested, in which 15 people were found positive. He said 83, 462 people have been called so far using the Arogya Setu app. Of these, 166 people said they are infected and are being treated in various Covid hospitals.

Similarly, 3,415 people said they are currently in quarantine. ASHA workers are constantly in touch with workers. So far, 16,75,579 workers have been tracked. Of these, symptoms have been detected in 1,463 people. So far, the results of the testing 1,017 people have been reported, of which 164 reports were positive and 853 were negative.