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Managing Covid-19

Delhi’s ventilators filling up: Delhi government data shows that nearly half the ventilator beds have been occupied. 59 of the city’s 79 private hospitals with ventilators are either already at full capacity or about to reach it. The national capital has 1,216 ventilator beds, of which 702 are in government hospitals and 514 in private ones. Further, doctors say that most beds are occupied by migrants and not residents. Authorities, however, are not very worried as beds are still available and deaths have not surged so far. Another trend that has been noticed is that private ventilator beds are