COVID-19: Here is a list of websites displaying availability of hospital beds in your state

The country reported a record 3,780 deaths in the last 24 hours, the highest daily toll since the pandemic began. With at least 13 states are reporting more than 100 deaths a day.

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May 05, 2021 / 17:24 IST

A medical worker tends to a patient suffering from the coronavirus, inside the ICU ward at Holy Family Hospital in New Delhi. (Image: Reuters)

Amid the resurgence of COVID-19, the shortage of medical oxygen and essential drugs like Remdesivir have added to the woes of Indians.

The country reported a record 3,780 deaths in the last 24 hours, the highest daily toll since the pandemic began. With at least 13 states are reporting more than 100 deaths a day.

Meanwhile, many state governments, civic authorities and volunteers are updating the list of beds available in hospitals in real time. Most of these websites also real-time count of active cases, recovered cases, deceased cases, and confirmed cases.

Here's a state-wise list of official COVID-19 resources where you can find the availability of hospital beds.

Gurgaon
http://covidggn.com/

COVID-19 Vaccine

Frequently Asked Questions

How does a vaccine work?

A vaccine works by mimicking a natural infection. A vaccine not only induces immune response to protect people from any future COVID-19 infection, but also helps quickly build herd immunity to put an end to the pandemic. Herd immunity occurs when a sufficient percentage of a population becomes immune to a disease, making the spread of disease from person to person unlikely. The good news is that SARS-CoV-2 virus has been fairly stable, which increases the viability of a vaccine.

How many types of vaccines are there?

There are broadly four types of vaccine — one, a vaccine based on the whole virus (this could be either inactivated, or an attenuated [weakened] virus vaccine); two, a non-replicating viral vector vaccine that uses a benign virus as vector that carries the antigen of SARS-CoV; three, nucleic-acid vaccines that have genetic material like DNA and RNA of antigens like spike protein given to a person, helping human cells decode genetic material and produce the vaccine; and four, protein subunit vaccine wherein the recombinant proteins of SARS-COV-2 along with an adjuvant (booster) is given as a vaccine.

What does it take to develop a vaccine of this kind?

Vaccine development is a long, complex process. Unlike drugs that are given to people with a diseased, vaccines are given to healthy people and also vulnerable sections such as children, pregnant women and the elderly. So rigorous tests are compulsory. History says that the fastest time it took to develop a vaccine is five years, but it usually takes double or sometimes triple that time.

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COVID-19: Here is a list of websites displaying availability of hospital beds in your state

The country reported a record 3,780 deaths in the last 24 hours, the highest daily toll since the pandemic began. With at least 13 states are reporting more than 100 deaths a day.

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