On 20 January 2022, the District Medical & Health Officer (DMHO)
released a list of 13 COVID care centres in Visakhapatnam District.
With an alarming rise in COVID-19 cases, the Visakhapatnam District
authorities have taken this precautionary action to provide the patients
with proper facilities and increase the bed capacity. These 13 COVID
care centres in Visakhapatnam provide a total of 2,560 beds, arranged at
various localities in the district. Out
of the 13 COVID care centres, one has been setup in Pendurthi,
Gajuwaka, and Bheemili respectively, which provide a combined capacity
of 200 beds. The point of contact for these centres is the Revenue
Divisional Officer (RDO), Visakhapatnam, (+91 9849903825) Two
COVID care centres have been setup, which cater to the East, West,
North, and South constituencies. These two centres provide a combined
bed capacity of 1,700. These COVID care centres are located at
Bakannapalem and Mudasarlova respectively. The nodal officer, for these
two centres, is the GVMC Regional Fire Officer (+91 9177504442). One
COVID care centre has been set up at the Youth Training Centre (YTC),
in Paderu, and one at the Area Hospital, in Araku. These have been setup
with bed capacities of 200 and 100 respectively. The Integral Tribal
Development Agency (ITDA) Paderu, Project Officer, has been appointed as
the nodal officer for these two centres. Similarly, one COVID
care centre has been setup at Narsipatnam and Payakaraopeta
respectively, with a capacity of 50 beds each. The remaining four COVID
care centres have been setup in Anakapalle, Chodavaram, Yelamanchali,
and V. Madugula constituencies respectively. These four centres provide a
combined bed capacity of 260. Visakhapatnam District recorded a
total of 2,177 fresh COVID-19 cases within 24 hours as on 20 January,
2022. This is the highest number of single day cases during the third
wave of the pandemic. The last time the district recorded over 2,000
cases was in May 2021, during the second wave. As per the State COVID-19
bulletin, Visakhapatnam District has the highest number of active
COVID-19 cases (11,088), being the top contributor to the number of
active COVID-19 cases in the state. |
