Why enforce lockdowns? Capacity additions not keeping pace with Covid surge

In Delhi, most of the capacity is available in government or smaller private hospitals. In Mumbai, while the city added 40% more ICU beds in the last two weeks, people requiring them increased by 50%

Since the last week, cities like Mumbai and Delhi have been trying to play catch-up with the rising coronavirus infections. As active cases rise, capacity additions in hospitals, ICUs, and ventilators have not kept pace, which is why most cities have been now scuttling to create last-minute arrangements.

Delhi announced a weekend curfew on April 15, while the city has been converting non-Covid facilities into covid hospitals. Maharashtra's government has announced lockdown-like restrictions across the state for 15 days.

The precarious situation is evident from the fact that in the Pune Municipal Corporation area not a single bed is available