Mock drills to assess hospital preparedness were held on Monday in a number of public and private facilities across the country amid an uptick in COVID-19 cases. Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya also stopped by the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital in this city to review the steps taken to fight the disease. India recorded 5,880 new cases, bringing the total number of active cases up to 35,199. The number of Covid deaths in the nation has increased to 5,30,979 with the 14 most recent deaths, according to figures provided on Monday by the health ministry. Mandaviya engaged in conversations with the personnel and department heads while she was at the Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) Hospital.
To assess readiness, hospitals across the country participated in the Covid mock drill; Mandaviya also visited RML Hospital
