Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain said that 84 per cent of the 45 people who died from coronavirus were suffering from other serious ailments. Out of 2,054 tests conducted on Sunday of which 110 came positive, he said, adding that with this the number of people affected with Covid-19 in the national capital reached to 2,003.
Jain further said that of the total cases, 1,283 were aged below 50 years, 320 were 50-59 years and 386 above 60 years while among those who died of the disease, 25 were aged 60 years or above, and 10 each in the below 50 years and in 50-59 years categories. “Six patients are on ventilators and 26 in the ‘Intensive Care Unit’ (ICU).
The Health Minister also said that to treat patients there are three levels of facilities Covid care centres, dedicated Covid health centres, and Covid dedicated hospitals.
Jain had Sunday said that 42,000 rapid antibody test kits have been acquired, which will be used in testing people for coronavirus in various containment zones spread across the city.
The Government is aiming to use 42,000 kits in a week, with the main focus on the containment zones. “We have started a trial run and training in the LNJP hospital and from Monday, these kits will be used in the hotspot areas. “These kits will be used on people who ever had even minor symptoms,” he said.
The rapid antibody tests have been initiated in Delhi on Sunday for all the containment zones across the national capital. Two kinds of diagnostic tests are being currently prescribed for use in India— the RT-PCR test and rapid antibody test — as per global health norms.