The national Capital recorded 165 fresh Covid-19 cases and 14 more fatalities on Friday while the positivity rate further dipped to 0.22 per cent.
With 165 new cases, the total number of active cases in the city reached 2,445 of which 698 are in home isolation, according to data shared by the health department.
According to the bulletin, the city has reported more than 14 lakh cases till now. A total of 76480 tests, including 53724 RT-PCR tests, were conducted a day ago, the bulletin said.
In order to deal with the “possible” third wave of Covid-19, the Delhi Government has speeded up revamping several existing hospitals to increase the number of beds and also building new hospitals.
Delhi currently has sufficient stock of coronavirus vaccines for inoculation of beneficiaries in the 45-plus as well as 18-44 age groups for over a week, AAP MLA Atishi said on Wednesday. Issuing the daily vaccination bulletin, the MLA from Kalkaji said as of Thursday, Delhi has 7,44,000 doses available for people in the 45-plus category, and approximately 2,34,000 for those in the 18-44 category.
"So for the 45-plus category, we have enough stock of Covaxin and Covishield to last for seven days and 42 days respectively. For the 18-44 category, six days and 10 days worth of Covaxin and Covishield stock is available respectively, she said. "As on today, Delhi has sufficient stock of vaccines, she added.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had also announced plans to create a buffer stock of important medicines besides other initiatives to deal with the ‘possible’ further outbreak..