Delhi Well being Minister Satyender Jain confirmed at present that whereas the second wave of Covid continues to be very a lot on, the nationwide capital is previous the height and the variety of circumstances and the positivity charge are each on their means down. “However you can’t get to the consolation zone proper now. The an infection charge has to fall under 5 per cent and the corona circumstances needs to be under 3 or 4 thousand,” he informed reporters.
Delhi has recorded 12,481 COVID-19 circumstances and 347 deaths over the past 24 hours, the positivity charge has dropped from 19 per cent to 17.7 per cent. That is the bottom since April 14 when the positivity charge was round 36 per cent.
Mr Jain mentioned hospital beds are nonetheless in excessive demand in Delhi. “Corona has 23,000 beds in Delhi, of which 20,000 have sufferers, which is a giant factor. Within the final corona wave, the utmost 9,500 corona sufferers have been admitted within the hospitals in a day. And on this wave, the determine has reached 22,000,”he added.
Nonetheless, the demand for oxygen from hospitals has diminished already, he mentioned. There was a rider”: “If the quota of oxygen continues, it is going to be fantastic or else it is going to be an issue. Delhi is getting lower than its 700 metric tonne quota,” he added.
On the query of the variety of Covid checks sliding, Mr Jain mentioned about 80,000 checks are being performed in Delhi daily. Testing is being achieved in all authorities hospitals. Some drop in numbers is due to the lockdown impact, he added.
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