Coronavirus India Live Updates: 102 check optimistic at Kumbh Mela; Maharashtra residents advised to organize for lockdown

Police test automobiles close to Ellis Bridge and Ashram highway as night time curfew continues in Gujarat. (Express photograph by Nirmal Harindran)
On a day the capital recorded a brand new excessive of 14,491 infections — and 72 deaths — the Delhi authorities issued an order to transform 14 high personal hospitals within the metropolis into Covid-only services.
A complete 3,202 beds in wards and 1,135 ICU beds in these hospitals will now be devoted totally to the remedy of Covid-19 sufferers. The order comes into impact instantly.
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The 14 hospitals embrace Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, Sarita Vihar, and Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, which have 553 and 527 ward beds and 165 and 148 ICU beds respectively; and Holy Family Hospital, Okhla; Max Hospital, Shalimar Bagh; Fortis Hospital, Shalimar Bagh; and Max Smart Super Specialty Hospital, Saket.
“Fourteen private hospitals declared fully Covid. In other hospitals beds increased from 50% to 60%. Total 2,060 beds increased in private hospitals,” Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain tweeted.