In India, Maharashtra is one of those states who has been badly hit by corona's second wave. The requirement of oxygen cylinders for treating COVID-19 patients has increased by about three times in the Aurangabad district of Maharashtra.

The district administration initiates to take steps regarding increasing the oxygen storage capacity in hospitals and has asked contractors to pace up the work, a health department official told PTI. The number of active cases is reaching above 15000 in the district. The demand for oxygen supply has also gone up in hospitals and by patients in home isolation, officials said. The official from the Food and Drug Administration said "The oxygen consumption in the district was 17.10 ton per day on March 14. It has now gone up to 49.50 ton per day." The demand for oxygen cylinders in households has also gone up as more home isolation is being advised now, the FDA official said. He further said every patient in home isolation may not need oxygen, but many of them are ordering cylinders as a precautionary measure. 

According to the reports, the hike is due to extra labor costs, transportation charges, and running of the oxygen supply facilities round-the-clock. An official from the district Civil Hospital said the private and government medical facilities here have a total of 2,124 oxygen beds and 532 ICU beds. And as of now, there are 106 oxygen beds and 25 ventilator beds in the civil hospital, Kulkarni said. According to covid reports, on Saturday, 1,394 new Covid-19 cases were reported in the district, taking the infection count to 86,981. 

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