Delhi on Friday recorded 24,383 new confirmed cases of infection, another 26,236 recoveries and 34 more deaths related to Covid. The new cases pushed the daily positivity rate in the state capital to 30.64 percent, the highest since May 1 last year, when it was 31.6 percent.
The daily positivity rate indicates the percentage of people who tested positive for Covid-19 from all tests performed on that particular day. While the daily positivity rate is now at 30.64 percent, the cumulative positivity rate in Delhi it is 4.94 percent and the mortality rate is 1.51 percent.
A total of 79,578 samples have been tested for Covid-19 in Delhi in the past 24 hours. This was less than the 98,000 samples tested Thursday. So far, the state capital has tested 3,39,26,818 samples for the infection.
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According to the latest bulletin from the Delhi Ministry of Health, there are 92,273 active cases of infection in the national capital. This includes 64,831 patients who are in home isolation.
The total number of active cases also includes 2,529 patients being treated in Delhi’s hospitals.
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Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal said on Friday that there was “no reason to worry” as hospitalization and death rates among Covid-19 patients are quite low in the national capital.
“Cases are increasing rapidly and there are no two options. We all know that the Omicron variant is quite transmissible and contagious.
“As a result, there is no need for people to worry or panic. From the point of view of Government of Delhi, everything is OK. There is no shortage of hospital beds. There are also many intensive care beds available. We don’t need to panic, but we need to act responsibly. We are keeping an eye on the coronavirus situation,” the Prime Minister told reporters in Rajghat.
Delhi now has 27,531 safe zones, according to the latest Covid-19 bulletin from the Ministry of Health.
Meanwhile, up to 1,18,36,004 beneficiaries in Delhi have received the first dose of Covid-19 vaccines.
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