Govt asks DMs to document initiatives to deal with Covid
1,573 new cases take tally to 1,12,494, recovery rate nears 80%
The national capital, on Sunday, recorded the highest single-day jump with 1,573 fresh novel coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours thereby pushing the total number of virus cases towards 1,12,500.
With 1,573 more patients testing positive in city since Saturday, Delhi’s Covid count rose to 1,12,494 with the recovery rate improving to nearly 80 per cent, according to the government. Along with that, the death toll increased to 3,371 after 37 more fatalities were reported since Saturday, it said.
There are currently 19,155 active patients in the national capital while 89,968 patients have been discharged or have migrated after recovering from the highly contagious disease. Meanwhile, the Delhi government has asked all the district magistrates (DMs) to document the initiatives taken by them in their respective areas to deal with the Covid, a move aimed at showcasing efforts to control the infection, officials said.
The DMs have been asked to also mention the difficulties they faced while executing new initiatives in their districts to combat the spread of the novel coronavirus. A senior government official said several districts have taken effective steps to ramp up the medical infrastructure and take other measures, including an application for robust surveillance and testing facilities on a bus.
For instance, the South Delhi district administration has set up a 10,000-bed Sardar Patel Covid centre, one of the “largest” such facilities in the world, at the Radha Soami Satsang Beas. It approached several agencies to set up this facility. Similarly, a 500-bed Covid care facility was set up at the CWG Village in East Delhi. Also, in
Northwest district, railway coaches were converted into insolation wards for Covid patients.
In several districts, hotels were converted into Covid care facilities. An artificial intelligence enabled coronavirus mobile testing bus was launched last month.
“A need was felt to showcase all such initiatives taken by the district magistrates so that their efforts are reflected in the documents. All the DMs have been asked to make proper documentation of these initiatives introduced by them to deal with the Covid situation,” an official said.
He said that although no deadline has been fixed for DMs to prepare such documents, they have been asked to come up with it as soon as possible.
“Authorities in districts are busy with routine works to ensure that all things are in order. We will soon prepare a detailed document of the initiatives taken by us and submit the same,” said a district magistrate who did not wish to be named. Another DM said that they will submit this document in the next 15 days.