The total death and recovery toll has risen to 26,161 and 18,41,890, respectively, while the cumulative case fatality rate has remained stable at 1.4 per cent. Also, the number of active cases in the capital has risen to 2,641, up from 1,947 on Tuesday.
New Delhi: According to the health department’s bulletin, Delhi reported 1,009 new COVID-19 cases in the previous 24 hours, bringing the overall caseload to 18,70,692, with a positive rate of 5.70 per cent. During this time span, one patient died and 314 were released. The total death and
recovery toll has risen to 26,161 and 18,41,890, respectively, while the cumulative case fatality rate has remained stable at 1.4 per cent. Also, the number of active cases in the capital has risen to 2,641, up from 1,947 on Tuesday.
Wednesday’s total is 377 greater than Tuesday’s total of 632 illnesses. Additionally, 17,701 COVID-19 tests were performed in the previous 24 hours, including 9,581 RT-PCR/CBNAAT/True Nat tests and 8,120 fast antigen tests, according to the health advisory. Nearly 1,600 sick people are being isolated at home, while 54 are being hospitalized.
In the previous 24 hours, authorities had vaccinated 34,056 individuals, bringing Delhi’s entire immunization coverage to close to 3.30 crore. Of the total doses supplied, 5,73,210 recipients have received the precautionary dosage.
For several days, the number of new cases in Delhi has been increasing, raising fears of another pandemic wave. The Aam Aadmi Party-led government, on the other hand, declared on Wednesday that the situation is completely under control.
“Despite the fact that hospitalizations are extremely low, the government has made necessary provisions for hospital beds, medical oxygen, and drugs,” government sources told PTI during a meeting of the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA).
Because of this, the government has restored the demand for masks in public places, with a Rs. 500 fine applied to anyone who fails to comply.
Authorities in Delhi have been ordered to intensify monitoring of social gatherings and test suspected terrorists.
Following the DDMA meeting, it was decided that offline classes would still be held in schools, but that the administration would be in charge of making sure that all COVID-19 criteria were strictly followed.
“Schools will stay open and will continue to give classes on an as-needed basis.” Schools have been requested to report any incidents to the education department and to adhere fully to COVID guidelines. “Manish Sisodia, the deputy chief minister, is constantly monitoring the situation in schools. On Wednesday, another source informed PTI.
Meanwhile, physicians predict that the number of cases will continue to rise in the coming days. They said that the present trends are not alarming because the majority of cases are minor and are caused by the Omicron XE variety.
However, despite the fact that the variant is more transmissible, it only produces mild disease. It is a cause of upper respiratory infections rather than a cause of lower respiratory infections, “Dr Jugal Kishore, chief of community medicine at Safdarjung hospital, was cited as saying by PTI.
In the opinion of the specialists, as the number of reported cases grows, the mortality and hospitalization rates will rise, but only slightly and not dramatically.
Dr. Abhinav Guliani, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital said, “individuals must maintain vigilance. There will be an increase in cases, but not to an uncontrollable level.”
Published by: Diwakar Kumar
Edited by: Khushi Thakur
