COVID-19: 8,000 beds, 88 ambulances & 50 fever clinics available in Thane

Thane Municipal Commissioner Vijay Singhal on Monday said TMC had made 8,000 beds available for COVID-19 patients and asked people for complete cooperation over the next fortnight to control the pandemic here.

Thane district, as on Sunday evening, had 8,267 COVID-19 cases, including 256 deaths, and majority of the patients are from Thane city.

Addressing citizens in a Facebook live session, Singhal said a dashboard giving information about availability of the beds in hospitals was released by TMC.

"We have a recovery rate of 45 percent. We have 8,000 beds, 88 ambulances and 50 fever clinics in slums and congested areas," he said.