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Nitin JainTribune News ServiceLudhiana April 16Even as the second Covid wave was on the rise the beds for critical patients in the hospitals are still available in adequate numbers in the district. The official figures presented before the Central team which was here to review the Covid situation and measures being taken by the district administration recently revealed that 60 per cent beds in L3 facilities and 79.2 per cent in L2 facilities in the government hospitals were still vacant. Similarly 49.63 per cent L3 and 60.06 per cent L2 beds in private facilities were also not yet occupied in the district. The data a copy of which is with The Tribune showed that 219 beds — 198 L2 and 21 L3 beds — of the total 285 (250 L2 and 35 L3 beds) in government hospitals were still available for the admission of needy critical patients. In the private facilities 788 beds — 585 L2 and 203 L3 — of the total 1383 beds (974 L2 and 409 L3) were still not occupied..