NEW DELHI, April 13 -- The Delhi Government has written to the Centre to again scale up Covid beds in its hospitals run by it in the national Capital amid surge in coronavirus cases.

"We have requested the Centre to increase Covid beds in Central Government hospitals. Currently, 1,090 Covid beds are available at Central Government hospitals, which were more than 4,000 in November 2020," Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain asserted.

Jain while responding to a question about the availability of beds in temporary COVID care centres said "There are 5,525 beds in Delhi government's COVID care centre, wherein 190 beds are occupied. This accounts for only two per cent of the total beds while rests are still available."

While talking about the ...