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Edit: Black fungus worrisomeThe central database shows there are in all 75667 ICU beds in the country—50408 in dedicated Covid hospitals and 25459 in dedicated Covid health centres. That translates to occupancy of 50186 ICU beds and 138573 oxygen-supported beds. The occupancy rate for ICU beds stands at 66.3 per cent (two-thirds) as of today while oxygen-supported bed occupancy rate is 54.3% exerting daily pressures on the system unless active cases reduce. Some early evidence indicated a possible association between emergence of variants with lower susceptibility to neutralising antibodies in immunosuppressed people given plasma therapy. “We hope you will look into this as a matter of urgency and get the ICMR and AIIMS guidelines rectified” the signatories said citing studies on convalescent plasma therapy with none showing any benefits..