In a bid to scale up the battle against Covid-19, the Raipur administration said on Thursday it is developing 12 more Covid Care Centers with 2,530 beds including 760 oxygen beds.
Raipur Collector Dr S. Bharathi Dasan said 270 beds will come up at Working Women Hostel (Fudhar), 400 beds each at Pt Dindayal Upadhyay Smriti Health Sciences and AYUSH University Building and State Institute of Hotel Management in Nava Raipur, 300 beds at Heerapur, 260 beds at Indoor Stadium, 300 beds each at Prayas Girls Hostel (Gudhiyari) and Prayas Boys Hostel (Saddu) and 200 beds at ESIC Hospital Covid Care Centres, said a press release.
Arrangements are on to provide 100 beds in four development block headquarters in the district, he added.
The Collector said 45 containment zones have been made. One hundred active surveillance teams are doing door-to-door survey to take steps against Covid-19.
On Wednesday, 3,302 people in Raipur were among 10,310 detected Covid-19 positive in the state.