Delhi is seeing a major resurgence of coronavirus cases after more than two months of a relatively subdued trend. On Thursday, the national Capital recorded 2,737 cases, the highest single-day tally after 66 days.
Delhi alone is not seeing this renewed surge. Several other States are also recording a rising number of cases on a daily basis. This has pushed India’ tally to nearly four million cases.
On June 28, Delhi recorded the highest 2,883 new cases and after that the situation remained under control even though the number of testing went up in a big way. When Delhi recorded just 652 cases on August 16, it was assumed that the worst may be finally behind for the national Capital. However the hope has been quickly dashed.
But the cases have been on the rise during the last fortnight. For example, Delhi recorded nearly 11,000 cases in the week between August 21 and 28. In the last one week again, the national capital recorded 10,000 new cases.
With 19 fatalities on Thursday, the total death toll in Delhi stands at 45,000 and the total number of cases at 1.82 lakh.
Meanwhile on Thursday, the Union Health Ministry said the Covid-19 positivity rate among healthcare workers is on the higher side in the States and Union territories of Telangana, Maharashtra, Delhi, Karnataka, Puducherry and Punjab.
“In Telangana, healthcare workers’ positivity rate is 18 per cent, in Maharashtra it is 16 per cent, in Delhi 14 per cent, Karnataka 13 per cent, Puducherry 12 per cent and in Punjab it is 11 per cent. These are the States where the positivity rate among healthcare workers is on a higher side,” the Ministry said.