Rajesh Tope: Mumbai to get 500 additional ICU beds soon

Maharashtra public health minister Rajesh Tope on Thursday said 500 additional ICU beds will be made available within a week in Mumbai.

The number of COVID-19 cases in the city stood around 54,000.

The recovery rate of patients in Mumbai is now 50 per cent. He stressed on his demand for changing the definition of containment zones, including slashing the period from 28 days now to 14 after the detection of last COVID-19 patient while making demarcation of such areas.

This will also offer some relief to police officials who are on duty in such areas, said the minister. Mumbai has 24,209 active cases and recorded 1,954 deaths so far.