<span style="color: #222222;">Multiple COVID-19 treatment hospitals and centres with a combined capacity of 7,000 beds will come up in Mumbai in the next two weeks. Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray's office said these hospitals and centres will come up at Mahalaxmi Racecourse, Goregaon, Dahisar and Mulund in the suburbs. Meanwhile, state cabinet minister and senior Congress leader Ashok Chavan, who has tested positive for coronavirus, was on Monday admitted in a hospital in Mumbai. He became the second cabinet minister after NCP leader Jitendra Awhad to test positive for coronavirus.<br />''<br />''The Chief Minister's Office said by May 31, Mumbai city's bed capacity will be increased by 2,475, including a facility at Bandra (East) which has commenced operations. The state government has started taking over non- public hospitals having at least 100 beds and 20 ICU beds in all wards of the BMC to covert them into COVID-19 care centres. The number of ambulance is also being increased from 100 now to 450. The state reported 2,436 new COVID-19 cases and 60 deaths, in last 24 hours taking the overall case count to 52,667 and the number of fatalities to 1,695. A health official said total of 1,186 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovery, taking the total number of such cases to 15,786.&nbsp;</span><br />
News On AIR | May 26, 2020 9:27 AM
Maharashtra govt to increase COVID-19 hospitals bed capacity in Mumbai in next two weeks