The positivity fee in Delhi is at 6.46 per cent, the best since Might.
New Delhi:
A weekend curfew could also be enforced in Delhi amid rising Covid circumstances, sources mentioned right now after a gathering on new restrictions.
The Delhi Catastrophe Administration Authority met to determine on new curbs in Delhi. The surge means new restrictions underneath the colour-coded Graded Response Motion Plan (GRAP).
With the positivity fee above 5 per cent for 2 straight days, Delhi faces “crimson alert” restrictions like a complete curfew barring important companies, a shutdown of non-essential outlets, malls and salons and extra curbs on public transport, weddings and funerals.
Delhi has reported a rising positivity fee – the variety of individuals testing optimistic for each 100 exams – with 4,099 new circumstances in 24 hours on Monday. The positivity fee in Delhi is at 6.46 per cent, the best since Might.
A “yellow alert” has been in place within the capital since December 29. Cinemas, gyms are shut and outlets have been allowed on an odd-even foundation. Metro trains and buses can solely function at half the capability.
High well being ministry sources say Delhi may even see 20-25,000 circumstances a day by mid-January and hospitalisations could improve.
On the present fee of an infection, Delhi could report 8-9,000 day by day circumstances by January 8, prime sources within the Union Well being Ministry advised NDTV.
“By January 5, there might be 20-25,000 day by day circumstances in Delhi,” the sources mentioned, cautioning towards underestimating the Omicron surge.