Delhi Corona app to show availability of hospital beds, ventilators & more; Know details

Delhi Government has been effectively taking several steps to control spread of Coronavirus. State Government has also implemented some serious and must-needed measures to help people affected by virus amid lockdown. Delhi Government launched a Delhi Corona app on Tuesday i.e. June 2. 

What is newly-launched Delhi Corona app?

Delhi Corona app launched by state government will provide its users with detailed information about availability of ventilators and beds in hospitals. According to statement made by Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal on a live stream, 4100 beds are still vacant for patients requiring medical facilities and 210 ventilators out of total 302.

chief minister also mentioned that people are still complaining about short of beds and this app will ensure that people can find hospital beds and or facilities without facing any problems. 

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Delhi Corona app shows total number of beds with a total number of occupied and vacant beds for COVID-19 patients. It provides relevant information about availability of beds in government and private hospitals as well.

Delhi corona app is available to Android users on Play Store. It also has a list of all private and public hospitals that treat COVID-19 patients in two langus i.e. Hindi and English langus.

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Apart from all this, Delhi Corona app also provides information for essential services which may be required during lockdown such as ration, e-pass, and hunger/shelter relief centres, containment zones, health services, government orders and more. Users can also self-test mselves through several questions asked by app to determine if one has COVID-19 or t.

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app is reportedly going to be updated every day twice at 10 AM and 6 PM IST. app is linked to delhifightscorona.in/beds website. y can also dial 0131 helpline number wherein details will be provided to m via an SMS, and WhatsApp number 8800007722.

Currently, Delhi has over 20,000 confirmed cases and 11, 565 active cases. However, at time of writing, app shows availability of around 3900 vacant beds and 210 available ventilators.

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