UP increases Covid-19 hospital beds to 100k, targets 20,000 tests per day

Amid the influx of 3 million migrant workers from other states owing to the Covid-19 lockdown, the Uttar Pradesh government has ramped up the number of Covid-19 beds to 100,000 to deal with any eventuality.

These beds have been arranged in level 1, 2 and 3 covid hospitals across the state, even though the government estimates that going by the current rate of infection, the state would not need such a large provisioning for patients and suspect cases.

“Now, our focus is more on the qualitative aspect of Covid-19 care, including medical supplies, training etc to fight the pandemic,” UP