India logs 1,890 Covid cases, max in 149 days

Delhi sees 139 cases, govt hosps conduct mock drills

India logged 1,890 new coronavirus cases, the highest in 149 days, while the number of active cases increased to 9,433, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Sunday.

The country had recorded 2,208 cases in a single day on October 28 last year.

The death toll has increased to 5,30,831 with seven deaths. While two deaths each were reported by Maharashtra and Gujarat in a span of 24 hours, three were reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8.00 am stated.

The daily positivity was recorded at 1.56 per cent while the weekly positivity was pegged at 1.29 per cent. The Covid case tally was recorded at 4.47 crore (4,47,04,147).

The active cases now comprise 0.02 per cent of the total infections while the national Covid-19 recovery rate has been recorded at 98.79 per cent.

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease increased to 4,41,63,883 while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.19 per cent.

According to the health ministry, 220.65 crore doses of Covid-19 vaccine have been administered in the country so far under the nationwide vaccination drive.

Meanwhile, Delhi recorded 153 fresh coronavirus cases with a positivity rate of 9.13 per cent on Sunday, according to data shared by the health department.

Delhi reported 139 cases with a positivity rate of 4.98 per cent on Saturday. It saw 152 cases with a positivity rate of 6.66 per cent on Friday and 117 cases with a positivity rate of 4.95 per cent on Thursday.

Delhi has seen an increase in the number of fresh Covid cases over the last few days amid a sharp rise in H3N2 influenza cases in the country.

The number of fresh cases had seen a decline over the past few months in Delhi. It had dropped to zero on January 16, the first time since the pandemic began ravaging countries.

With the fresh cases, the national capital’s Covid-19 tally has increased to 20,08,732, while the death toll stands at 26,524.

To asses preparedness in case cases go increase Delhi government-run hospitals carried out mock drills on Sunday. The Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan (LNJP) Hospital, which was a mainstay in the national capital’s fight against virus, carried out a twohour-long mock drill.

“We assessed the patient response time. When a patient is brought to the hospital, how long does it take for us to shift him to a room.

“For critical patients who need to be shifted to the ICU, we have a red corridor. We checked whether all the ventilators and oxygen points were functioning. We have around 450 beds for coronavirus patients,” Dr Suresh Kumar, the medical director of LNJP Hospital said.

The senior doctor said the bed occupancy at the LNJP hospital was zero in the last one month. The scenario has changed in the last few days, the doctor said.