Delhi's Covid fight to get door-to-door contact mapping & 500 Covid-bed rail coaches: Shah

In view of surge in COVID-19 cases in national capital, Central government will conduct a comprehensive health survey in containment zones of Delhi. Taking to Twitter, Union Home Minister Amit Shah has said that a door-to-door health survey will be conducted, report of which will come in one week.

Taking te of scarcity of beds in hospitals of Delhi, home minister has also decided to allot 500 railway coaches which will increase Delhi Hospital's capacity by 8,000 beds.

This comes after Sunday's meeting of Home Minister with Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, and or senior officials. 

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"In view of short of beds for Corona infected patients in Delhi, Modi government at Center has decided to immediately give 500 railway coaches to Delhi. se railway coaches will t only increase 8000 beds in Delhi but this coach will be equipped with all facilities to fight corona infection," Shah tweeted.

"In order to get contact mapping done well in Delhi's Containment Zone, a comprehensive health survey of every person will be conducted door-to-door, report of which will come in one week. Also, Arogya Setu app will be downloaded in every person's mobile for efficient monitoring," home minister said in ar tweet.

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Delhi's Covid-19 tally

In yet ar spike,  national capital recorded 2,134 fresh coronavirus cases on Saturday, taking total COVID-19 tally closer to 39,000-mark. It was second consecutive day when number of reported cases breached 2,000-mark. 

As many as 57 fatalities were reported in last 24 hours. death toll from coronavirus w stands at 1,271 and total number of cases at 38,958, according to latest Delhi health department bulletin. So far as many as 14,945 patients have recovered, been discharged or migrated to ar country, while re are 22,742 active cases. As many as 2,83,239 tests have been conducted till date. total number of COVID-19 positive patients under home isolation stands at 19,535, bulletin said. A total of 385 patients are on ventilators or in ICU.