India News | Bengal Braces for COVID Third Wave, over 30,000 Oxygen Beds Ready

Malda/Kolkata, Aug 4 (PTI) West Bengal is ready to deal with the possible third wave of the pandemic as more than 30,000 oxygen beds have been prepared to treat COVID-19 patients, a senior official said on Wednesday.

The government has prepared 30,000 beds with oxygen supply across hospitals in the state, besides 4,800 beds in CCU and HDU facilities, National Health Mission Director Saumitra Mohan said during a visit to the Malda Medical College and Hospital.

Also Read | Pune: ‘Drunk’ Woman Blocks Traffic, Creates Ruckus on Tilak Road in Swargate Area; Video Goes Viral.

A trauma center would be set up at the Malda Medical College and Hospital and a super-specialty facility would soon come up at the Chanchal Hospital, he said.

West Bengal reported 826 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday and 10 more deaths, the Health Department said.

Also Read | Realme Narzo 30 Smartphone Now Gets New 6GB + 64GB Variant In India; Online Sale Tomorrow via Flipkart.

The state has so far reported 18,180 deaths and 15,30,850 cases, it said.

North 24 Parganas district accounted for four fatalities, while Kolkata and South 24 Parganas registered one death each.

The maximum of 116 new cases was detected in North 24 Parganas. Kolkata reported 77 fresh cases.

In the last 24 hours, 838 people recovered from the disease, taking the total recoveries to 15,01,925.

There are 10,745 active cases in the state at present.

The new cases were detected after testing 52,481 samples.

(The above story is verified and authored by Press Trust of India (PTI) staff. PTI, India’s premier news agency, employs more than 400 journalists and 500 stringers to cover almost every district and small town in India.. The views appearing in the above post do not reflect the opinions of LatestLY)