Vishakhapatanam: The Covid-19 positive cases are rising in Visakhapatnam district, registering the highest number of cases in the State for the fifth consecutive day on Tuesday. The cases were just 30 on December 30, 41 on December 31, 40 on January 1, 35 on January 2, 41 on January 3 and 80 on Tuesday out of the total of 334 cases reported during the last 24 hours.
The District Medical and Health Officer Dr S. Tirupati Rao said they have stepped up testing along with administering vaccines to the youngsters.
Meanwhile, the collectors of Visakhapatnam and Srikakulam held meetings with the representatives of private hospitals and superintendents of government hospitals to assess the capacity to handle the situation arising out of the third wave.
Vizag collector Dr A. Mallikarjuna Rao said representatives of 77 private hospitals and government hospitals’ heads were present in the meeting and they gave details of the capacity. The collector was specific about reserving 50 percent of the beds for Arogyasri health scheme beneficiaries and provision of oxygen in all the hospitals.
He warned suspension of licenses if the private hospitals violated the rules specified by the government.
Srikakulam collector Latkar said all the 750 beds of Gems Hospital have oxygen provision.
