New Delhi: Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Saturday said more than 50 percent of the beds reserved for coronavirus patients in Delhi are unoccupied.“More than 1,200 ICU beds and around 9,500 normal ones are unoccupied at present.
Overall, more than 50 percent beds are available. So, we are in a slightly better situation," he told reporters. The minister said there were some problems related to oxygen supply in Delhi on Friday which have been resolved.
Delhi reported 5,482 fresh COVID-19 cases on Friday, while 98 more fatalities pushed the city's death toll to 8,909.The positivity rate was 8.51 percent.
It was 8.65 percent on Thursday and 8.49 percent on Wednesday. On Friday, Jain had said Delhi has sufficient infrastructure and.