Was the surge in coronavirus cases due to festive season
New Delhi witnessed a downfall in the numbers of Coronavirus cases on Sunday. As per the daily Delhi State Health Bulletin, New Delhi witnessed 3,235 cases on Sunday. The National Capital was seeing more than 7,000 new cases every day for the past few days. It is New Delhi’s lowest single-day spike after a month. Last time, the national capital registered 3,000 cases (3,036) cases were on October 13. As per the health officials, cases started increasing due to festive season and air pollution.
The total number of coronavirus cases in New Delhi stands at 4,85,405. Around 4,37,801 people have recovered from the dangerous virus while it has claimed 7,614 lives so far. There are 39,990 active cases in New Delhi so far in which 27,089 people are in home isolation. As per the Sunday Bulletin, 95 people died in the past 24 hours while 3,235 people recovered from the disease. More than 21,000 people were tested in which 9221 were RTPCR tests while rest were rapid antigen test. Overall, 54,49,570 people have been tested in the National Capital so far.
The positivity rate in the state is 8.91 per cent and the case fatality rate is 1.57 per cent. The death rate in the last 10 days has been 1.23 per cent.
The national capital witnessed the highest single-day spike of 8,593 cases on last Wednesday. The highest number of deaths in the last five months was recorded on November 12 when 104 people had died. On Saturday (Diwali Day) 96 people had died.
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Will there be another lockdown in Delhi?
Despite witnessing an increase in the number of coronavirus cases, Delhi’s Health Minister Satyendar Jain said on Monday that currently there are no plans of reimposing the lockdown. He believes that the third wave has passed its peak, and social distancing and usage of masks should be the way to contain COVID-19 cases.
The capital has been witnessing an increase in the Covid-19 cases since October 20. Delhi government officials have attributed the surge to the festival season and laxity in adhering to norms like wearing masks, ensuring social distancing.
A review meeting was held by Union Home Minister Amit Shah in presence of Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, Delhi LG Anil Baijal, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and other senior officers. It was decided that the Centre will add more ICU (Intensive Care Unit) beds, double the RT-PCR tests, deploy health workers from paramilitary forces and up a dedicated team to study the availability of bed in private hospitals.
Overall, there is a decrease in the number of coronavirus cases on the country level. India reported 30,548 new cases in the last 24 hours ending on Monday morning. This is the lowest spike for the country in a single day since July 14. A total of 88.45 lakh people have been found positive with the deadly virus. The death toll stands at 1,30,070, which includes fresh 435 deaths on Monday. 4.65 lakh cases in the country are active and 82.49 lakh people have recovered from the disease. Low testing could be one of the reasons behind less number of cases. A total of just 8 lakh tests were conducted on Saturday and less than 10 lakh people are being tested since Friday.
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