Delhi reports 1094 fresh COVID-19 cases two fatalities
New Delhi Apr 23 PTI Delhi on Saturday reported 1094 fresh COVID-19 infections highest since February 10 and two deaths due to the disease as the positivity rate rose to 482 per cent according to the health department The national capital had recorded 1104 fresh COVID-19 cases with a positivity rate of 209 per cent on February 10 while 12people had succumbed to the infectionA total of 22614 Covid tests were conducted in the city a day ago the data by the department showed The COVID-19 infection tally in the national capital now stands at 1873793 and the death toll at 26166 Delhi had logged 1042 Covid cases with a positivity rate of 464 per cent and two fatalities due to the infection on Friday On Thursday the city reported 965 COVID-19 cases and a single fatality with a positivity rate of 471 per cent With the national capital witnessing a spurt in COVID-19 cases in the past few days the number of active cases of the disease in the city has now increased to 3705 from 601 on April 11 However the hospitalisation rate has so far been low accounting for less than 3 per cent of the total active cases according to the data There are 79 COVID-19 patients admitted to hospitals in Delhi at present while 2532 are recuperating in home-isolation Of the 9489 beds available for Covid patients in various hospitals just 101 106 per cent are occupied the data said In the wake of rising cases the Delhi government on Friday issued an order directing authorities to impose a fine of Rs 500 on people not wearing masks at public places The fine will not apply to people travelling together in private four-wheelers it said The government had lifted the fine for not wearing masks on April 12 because of a decline in the number of daily cases The decision to bring back the mask mandate at public places and impose the fine on violators came at a meeting of the Delhi Disaster Management Authority DDMA which devises Covid management policies for the national capital The city health department said that from Thursday Delhi has started providing free COVID-19 precautionary doses to beneficiaries in the 18-59 age group at government vaccination centres Delhi has also started genome sequencing of samples of all Covid-infected people to ascertain if a new variant such as the XE has spread in the city PTI SLB SRY
New Delhi Apr 23 PTI Delhi on Saturday reported 1094 fresh COVID-19 infections highest since February 10 and two deaths due to the disease as the positivity rate rose to 482 per cent according to the health department The national capital had recorded 1104 fresh COVID-19 cases with a positivity rate of 209 per cent on February 10 while 12people had succumbed to the infectionA total of 22614 Covid tests were conducted in the city a day ago the data by the department showed The COVID-19 infection tally in the national capital now stands at 1873793 and the death toll at 26166 Delhi had logged 1042 Covid cases with a positivity rate of 464 per cent and two fatalities due to the infection on Friday On Thursday the city reported 965 COVID-19 cases and a single fatality with a positivity rate of 471 per cent With the national capital witnessing a spurt in COVID-19 cases in the past few days the number of active cases of the disease in the city has now increased to 3705 from 601 on April 11 However the hospitalisation rate has so far been low accounting for less than 3 per cent of the total active cases according to the data There are 79 COVID-19 patients admitted to hospitals in Delhi at present while 2532 are recuperating in home-isolation Of the 9489 beds available for Covid patients in various hospitals just 101 106 per cent are occupied the data said In the wake of rising cases the Delhi government on Friday issued an order directing authorities to impose a fine of Rs 500 on people not wearing masks at public places The fine will not apply to people travelling together in private four-wheelers it said The government had lifted the fine for not wearing masks on April 12 because of a decline in the number of daily cases The decision to bring back the mask mandate at public places and impose the fine on violators came at a meeting of the Delhi Disaster Management Authority DDMA which devises Covid management policies for the national capital The city health department said that from Thursday Delhi has started providing free COVID-19 precautionary doses to beneficiaries in the 18-59 age group at government vaccination centres Delhi has also started genome sequencing of samples of all Covid-infected people to ascertain if a new variant such as the XE has spread in the city PTI SLB SRY
