The Delhi government has arranged for 6,670 Covid beds across the city with only 2,692 occupied as of Monday morning, as per the data provided by the government in its 'Delhi corona' mobile app.
The mobile app, to be launched on Tuesday officially, says as of Monday morning, 58 private hospitals were offering Covid beds, however, 52 of these have zero occupancy.
It says a total of 6,670 Covid beds are ready with 2,692 occupied while 3,978 vacant.
At least seven government hospitals including central and the city were offering 3,916 beds, of which 1,862 beds were vacant.
"Till 9 a.m. on Monday, total 2,054 beds were occupied in the seven government hospitals," the data said.
Among the six private hospitals having patients were Max Hospital offering 225 beds with 197 occupied. Indraprastha Apollo hospital offers 144 beds and 117 are occupied as of Monday morning.
Sir Ganga Ram City and Kolmet Hospitals offer 120 and 42 beds respectively, and of these 106 and 33 beds are occupied.
The other private hospitals offering dedicated facilities are Maa Durga Charitable Trust (81 of 100 beds occupied) and Batra (61 of 66 beds occupied).
As per the data, Delhi has a total 302 ventilators, with 38 occupied till Monday morning.
On Saturday, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said the government is developing a mobile app to give information on beds and ventilators availability in the city government hospitals and it will be launched on Monday.
However, on Monday, he said it will be launched on Tuesday. Speaking to the media, he said while the health infrastructure in Delhi has been made adequate, family members of coronavirus patients are still confused about where to take them for treatment.
"They are not sure about the beds and ventilators available in the hospitals. For the convenience of the people and to eliminate such issues, we are developing an app that will be launched on Monday," he said.
( With inputs from IANS )