Delhi reported 59 fresh Covid-19 cases on Saturday and the total number of cases in the national Capital has gone up to 445. Anticipating the increase in the number of patients and more pressure on the doctors and the paramedics, the Delhi Government on Saturday wrote to the Union Government for the urgent supply of Personal Protection Equipment ( PPE) for doctors treating Corona patients.
Explaining the situation in Delhi, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said that Delhi is at the local transmission stage and situation looks under control.
Citing health bullet in report, Kejriwal said that Corona cases in Delhi were at 445 with 59 new cases in 24 hours and local transmission cases was stable at 40.We have been successful in containing the community spread of Corona in Delhi; Out of 6 deaths, 3 were from Markaz, 5 of them were above 60 years and suffering from other major diseases,” Kejriwal said.
“Among all the patients who have Coronavirus around 11 are in ICU and five are on ventilators. we can say that this is the local transmission and not community transmission. In community transmission, people do not get to know from whom they are getting affected but right now no such situation has occurred in Delhi. We have found 2,300 people from the Markaz Nizamuddin. Among these people, 500 are admitted to various hospitals and around 1,800 are in quarantine. We are testing all the 500 people because they have various symptoms and all of them may be suffering from coronavirus which means the number of COVID-19 positive cases in Delhi will increase. But I want to reiterate that this is not community transmission so there is nothing to worry yet,” he added.
He said that till now Delhi has witnessed six deaths due to coronavirus. “Among these six people five were above 60 and one person was 36-year-old. Among these six people, three were from Markaz. Among these six people, five people had other serious diseases. One person had liver disease, one person had sugar, two persons had a respiratory disease and one person had heart disease. I want to request all the senior citizens who are above 55 or 60 years that you should be very very cautious about the situation and do not go outside. All the senior citizens are very precious us and I do not want any of them to suffer. I will also request the people who have serious diseases to be very cautious because Coronavirus can be lethal for them,” Kejriwal said further.
“Right now I have to priorities number one is to ensure that there should not be any community spread of Coronavirus and the second one is if somebody is affected by Coronavirus then the person should get the best treatment and no death should happen in Delhi. I am personally monitoring the situation in Delhi and I have every record of the persons who are affected by the Coronavirus. We will ensure the best health facility and treatment to these patients in Delhi,” said Kejriwal.
Delhi Government has distributed lunch to around 6,63,928 people and dinner to around 6,78,544 people.
“The Delhi Government has the arrangement to feed more than 10,00,00 people. I am happy to say that many NGOs and religious organisations are also distributing food to needy people. This is the time to show humanity to the people and feeding hungry people is always good work. I will request everyone to ensure that not a single person in Delhi should stay hungry,” he added further.
The Delhi Government has also started ration supply.As per the Government data, from Friday onwards nearly 40 to 50,000 people have already registered for ration services.
These are the people who are not having ration cards.
“I will request others also to register soon. I will request the people who know how to handle internet and computer to help these poor people to register. All these people will get 5 kgs of free ration,” Kejriwal said.
He also said, “Recently due to the Nizamuddin incident and as Delhi already has many foreign patients the number of coronavirus patients have suddenly increased. Right now we urgently need PPE kits and we have already written to the Central Government about it. I do not want the doctors and nurses to work without the protective gear but the centre is yet to provide us with these kits. I will request the Centre to provide us with PPE kits urgently.”