On Tuesday, the Railways will deploy 200 more isolation coaches for COVID-19 patients in Delhi, taking their total number in the capital to 250, officials said on Monday.
After instructions from Union Home Minister Amit Shah, the Railways on Monday deployed 40 isolation coaches at Shakurbasti Railway Station, where it had 10 already.
Officials said that 180 coaches will be deployed at Anand Vihar Railway Station from Tuesday and 20 at other stations in the national capital.

The Northern Railways issued orders on Sunday reserving its seven platforms at the Anand Vihar Railway Station for COVID-19 care coaches and moved five of its trains scheduled to be operated from there to the Old Delhi Railway station.

On Monday the Railways said that it has formed a joint team with the Delhi government to recognize locations for the deployment of the 500 COVID-19 care coaches which have been given to the city, which has seen a significant increase in the number of Coronavirus cases.
It reported 1,647 new cases on Monday, increasing the tally in the city to 42,829, and the death toll due to the disease jumped to 1,400, the authorities said.

Seventy-three fatalities have been registered in the last 24 hours, the Delhi health department mentioned in a bulletin late on Monday evening.

Chairman Railway Board, VK Yadav stated on Monday that each of the COVID-19 care centres will be under the observation of the chief medical officer of the state.

"We have already placed 10 coaches in Delhi's Shakurbasti on May 31 and we placed 40 more yesterday. So, 50 coaches with 800 beds are read to be occupied. We have earmarked 500 coaches for Delhi and we are jointly working with the Delhi government to finalise locations. A joint team is working on it. The main objective is for the centre and the state government to work as a team and see that we succeed in fighting the pandemic," Yadav said.

Yadav also mentioned that each COVID-19 care centre at every location will be connected to the nearest hospital so that patients can be shifted, there quickly in case of an emergency.
He also stated that the Railways has elected nodal officers in every state who will liaison with the local government for such isolation coaches.

Each of the isolation coaches reportedly have a capacity to hold 16 beds.
However, Yadav, said that the suspected and confirmed patients will be kept in separate coaches.

He also mentioned that these coaches are meant to be used when the health infrastructure of states get exhausted due to any sudden climb in the COVID-19 cases.