New Delhi, April 11: The central teams visiting Punjab to help the state contain the surge of COVID 19 cases have flagged fast exhausting ICU bed capacity in most of the eight red districts witnessing recent rise in infections.
The team in its report to the Health Ministry said ICU bed occupancy rates in the state ranged from 20 pc in Hoshiarpur and 40 pc in Amritsar to as high as 89 pc in Ludhiana; 80 pc in SAS Nagar, 70.6 pc in SBS Nagar, 63.2 pc in Jalandhar and 44.4 pc in Patiala. Rupnagar data was not available.
Capacity of isolation beds with oxygen is also shrinking. As of today, the occupancy rate of isolation beds with oxygen occupancy in Punjab is Amritsar 38 pc, Rupnagar 25 pc, Patiala 34.4 pc, Jalandhar 35.6 pc to Hoshiarpur 98 pc, Ludhiana 46 pc; SAS Nagar 69 pc and SBS Nagar 35.2 pc.
In all above districts more than 75 pc infected are under home isolation mandating strict monitoring by state health authorities.
