BMC to set up 3 new Jumbo COVID-19 centres at Kanjurmarg, Malad and Sion

In view of the COVID-19 pandemic, Mumbai’s civic body, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) plans to add around 5,300 beds by setting up three additional jumbo centres in Mumbai.

Moreover, according to the civic body officials, the BMC has identified three locations for the same that includes Kanjurmarg, Malad and Sion. The additional beds are being created in view of the coronavirus cases increasing drastically in the city.

In addition, by next month Kanjurmarg will have a jumbo centre ready, followed by Malad and Sion. The civic body plans to keep 70 per cent of the beds in these jumbo centres with oxygen facility while the remaining will be intensive care unit (ICU) beds and beds with ventilator facility. Currently, there are six jumbo centres —Dahisar jumbo centre, Kandarpada jumbo centre in Dahisar, NESCO jumbo centre at Goregaon, Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) jumbo centre, NSCI Worli jumbo centre and Mulund jumbo centre.

Meanwhile, as per the dashboard updated by the BMC, the bed occupancy in the city stands at 82 per cent which means 17,005 of the total 20,608 beds are occupied. The occupancy rate for ICU beds is 98.44 per cent for a total of 2,765 beds, followed by oxygenated beds with an occupancy rate of 93.53 per cent for 10,227 beds and ventilator beds with 98.72 per cent occupancy rate for 1,415 beds, as of Sunday, April 18.

On the other hand, earlier on Monday, April 19, Maharashtra recorded 58,924 novel coronavirus cases which propelled the state’s COVID-19 tally to 38,98,262. At present, there are 6,76,520 active cases in Maharashtra. With 52,412 COVID-19 patients discharged in the day, the number recovered soared to 31,59,240.