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Delhi Gets 500 Isolation Coach from Indian Railways: The central government has made arrangements for 500 isolation coaches in the capital on Tuesday, in view of the lack of beds for Corona patients in Delhi hospitals. With this, 8000 beds have been increased for Corona patients in Delhi.

  • Number of beds in the capital Delhi is 37000

  • Railways built 8000 beds in isolation ward

The central government has made arrangements for 500 isolation coaches in the capital on Tuesday, in view of the lack of beds for Corona patients in Delhi hospitals. With this, 8000 beds have been increased for Corona patients in Delhi. Explain that there are 16-16 beds in each compartment of the isolation ward of the railway. After the center has given 500 isolation coaches, the total number of beds in Delhi has increased to 37000.

A team of Indian Railways worked with Delhi government officials to identify the locations of these railway coaches and identified locations. According to officials, on Tuesday, around 180 isolation coaches have been deployed at Anand Vihar railway station and other stations. The Chief Medical Officer of the state will take care of these isolation wards.

After a meeting on Monday, Delhi BJP President Adesh Kumar Gupta said that after 500 railway isolation coaches are delivered to Delhi, the number of beds for Corona patients in the capital will increase to 37000.

These Covid Care Centers of Railways will be connected to the nearest hospital so that patients can be taken there quickly in an emergency. For this, Railways has appointed nodal officers for each state who will coordinate with the local government.

Earlier, after the instructions of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, on Monday, the railway had deployed 40 such coaches at Shakurbasti railway station, where there were already 10 such coaches. Let us know that 1,647 new cases were reported in Delhi on Monday, taking the total number of infected people to 42,829. At the same time, the number of dead increased to 1,400.

Talking about the whole of India, the number of Corona patients has increased to 3,43,091. At the same time, 9900 people have died due to this epidemic. A large number of people have been cured of this infection, the number of people who get cured is 1,80,013. Corona has 1,53,178 cases active in India right now.

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