City records 2,709 Covid + ve cases, 19 deaths in 24 hours
Highest single- day spike in 2 months
A day when the national capital recorded the highest single- day spike in nearly two months, health minister Satyendra Jain said on Thursday, “It can’t be said that Delhi is witnessing a second wave of Covid.” According to Delhi government health department data, 2,737 new coronavirus cases and 19 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours, taking the total to over 1.82 lakh. The city has reported 4,500 deaths due to Covid. The recovery rate is 87.82 per cent.
Speaking to the media person, Mr Jain said that people should not stress about numbers. The minister said the Delhi government is increasing the testing for Covid and it wants that there should be no positive cases in the city.
After a brief lull, Delhi has seen a rise in the number of Covid cases over
the last few days. Asked if Delhi is heading towards the second wave of coronavirus infections, Mr Jain said, “You cannot say it is a second wave. We could have called it a second
wave if there were no positive cases for one or two months and then cases would have started coming again. The virus is still there in Delhi. You should not stress about numbers.”
“Delhi’s case fatality ratio was 0.75 per cent on Wednesday, which is a good sign. “Overall, it is 2.5 per cent. Yesterday, it was less than one per cent, which is a good sign. At one time, it was 3.5 per cent,” he added.
Mr Jain pointed out the Delhi government is working to increase testing for Covid. “We are increasing ( the number of) tests. We are emphasising on testing and working aggressively on it. Yesterday, the number was around 30,000 and today the number of tests will be around 35,000. If a case is isolated at home or hospital, he won’t be able to infect 10 people. We want that not one positive case should be there,” he said. Last week, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal had announced that his government will double Covid tests from 20,000 to 40,000. On Wednesday, a total of 28,835 tests were conducted, the maximum since March.