Swine flu the second coming

* Deaths — 89

* Cases reported on Thursday — 4

* Number of children testing positive — 5334

* The 3 government testing centres are Patel Chest Institute,National Institute Communicable Diseases and AIIMS while 4 private path labs have been certified to perform H1N1 tests.

* 11 Delhi government hospitals have been designated for H1N1 patients in the city. Five private hospitals have been certified.

* Across government and private hospitals,there are there 220 beds and 88 ventilators earmarked for treatment of swine flu patients.

* Apollo Hospitals — 8 beds

* Sir Gangaram Hospital — 10 beds

* Safdarjung Hospital — 18 beds

* RML Hospital — 30 in isolation ward and 5 in ICU

* Malviya Hospital — 10 beds

Lok Nayak Hospital — 8 beds

n Given the increasing numbers of cases,the state government has placed an ‘urgent’ order for the procurement of 30 more ventilators

— Vidya Krishnan