The positivity rate in Delhi has come down to 4.76 per cent on Friday while 16,712 Covid beds and 1748 ICU beds are vacant in hospitals, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain said. The World Health Organisation has declared Covid positivity rate below 5 per cent to be within the safe zone.
Delhi recorded 3,009 Covid-19 cases and 252 fatalities on Friday. This is the third consecutive day when Delhi’s count of daily new cases has remained below 4,000. The positivity rate in the city stood at 5.5 per cent on Thursday.
“We can see a prominent downward trend in Covid cases. We have dropped down significantly from 28,000 cases to about 3000 hence this is a hopeful sign. The positivity rate is now below five per cent. However, we cannot afford complacency and must follow covid-appropriate behavior by all means,” he added.
Asserting the situation of Covid beds in Delhi so far, Jain said that there are nearly 28,500 beds in Delhi as of now and 16,712 beds are vacant. Approximately 1748 ICU beds are vacant.”
The Minister also highlighted upon the shortage of vaccines and stated that Covaxin is finished for 18-44 age groups and Covishield is also nearly finished with which a lot of centres are closing down from today.
The vaccine supply is completely controlled by the centre and we can inoculate only what we are receiving from them,” he added.