Mumbai amps up hospital capacity and stocks medicines as Covid cases rise

Occupancy has more than doubled over the last week

As the city witnesses yet another surge of Covid-19 cases, authorities have begun adding bed capacity as occupancy has crossed 1 per cent. As of June 10, 369 of the 24,943 beds in Mumbai were occupied (see chart 1). This means nearly 15 out of every 1,000 beds are accounted for by Covid-19 patients.

In comparison, fewer than four of every 1,000 beds were occupied a week ago. The daily cases rose to 1,956 on June 10 from 506 on May 31, with a positivity rate of nearly 13 per cent. Daily cases of hospitalisation have risen from 17 to