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6,558 test positive; all beds allocated for treatment in Ernakulam are full, say control room officials
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Walkers on the Marine Drive in Kochi on Wednesday morning despite the government asking all to stay indoors to contain COVID-19 spread. H. Vibhu
6,558 test positive; all beds allocated for treatment in Ernakulam are full, say control room officials
The district on Wednesday recorded an all-time high of 6,558 cases of COVID-19, taking the active caseload to 58,379.
The test positivity rate (TPR) stood at 26.54%, meaning one in four people tested positive for the virus.
Fourteen health workers were among the infected.
ANI | Updated: May 05, 2021 13:41 IST
By Sushil Batra
New Delhi [India], May 5 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought response from the Union of India and Delhi government on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking direction to treat persons with disabilities on a priority basis and to make special provisions for them for administering the vaccine for COVID-19.
The Bench of Justice DN Patel and Justice Jasmeet Singh today issued notice to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and Government of NCT of Delhi and slated the matter for May 24.
The petitioners, Mohammad Faisal Nawaz and Meenu Mani, disabled persons and social activists through advocate Siddharth Seem sought direction to the respondents to provide coronavirus vaccination to all consenting persons with disabilities along with their caretakers at their own home free of charge and also to establish special counters at all Covid vaccination centres dedicated for
Coronavirus | Jammu and Kashmir extends lockdown in five districts as 37 die, 4,650 test positive
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95% of COVID-19 beds and ventilator-supported beds occupied in Srinagar, say officials
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A view of lockdown imposed in Jammu and Kashmir, in Srinagar, Tuesday, May 4, 2021. | Photo Credit: NISSAR AHMAD
95% of COVID-19 beds and ventilator-supported beds occupied in Srinagar, say officials
J&K recorded 37 deaths and 4,650 positive cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, posing a major challenge to the health infrastructure. The Union Territory has extended the lockdown in five districts up to May 10.
An official said 1,463 of the new cases were from the Jammu division and 3,187 from the Kashmir division. “25 of the deaths were from the Jammu division and 12 from the Kashmir division.”
‘50% of beds not allotted for COVID patients’
The district administration has issued show-cause notices to six private hospitals for failing to adhere to its directive to apportion half of their available beds for COVID-19 patients.
The District Disaster Management Authority has threatened to initiate action under the Disaster Management Act and the Kerala Epidemic Diseases Ordinance if the institutions failed to furnish satisfactory explanation within 24 hours.
District Collector Navjot Khosa had instructed private hospitals to reserve 50% of beds in their institutions for COVID-19 treatment.
Private institutions were roped in by the district administration to contain the surge in COVID-19 cases.
Amid the rising COVID-19 cases in the state, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has said a complete lockdown may be imposed in the districts with a high positivity rate from May 4. The surge in the COVID cases shows that the situation in the state is going worse. In this context, the interventions have been strengthened at all levels. Apart from the restrictions announced earlier, a full lockdown may have to be imposed in some districts where the Test Positivity Rate is exceeding 50 per cent. We will be going for more stringent restrictions from May 4, Vijayan said while addressing media personnel on Friday.