Delhi recorded 72 fresh Covid-19 cases and one death while the positivity rate stood at 0.10 per cent on Thursday, according to health bulletin shared by the health department of the Delhi Government. As per the bulletin, out of 13450 available beds in hospitals, 362 are occupied while the rest are vacant. At least 69212 tests, including 69212 RTPCR/CBNAAT/TrueNat tests, were conducted in the last 24 hours, it said.
According to report, as many as 88 patients recovered in the last 24 hours, it said. The national Capital has recorded a total of 14,35,353 coronavirus cases since the pandemic began last year. So far, over 14.09 lakh patients have recovered, the health department bulletin said.
“There were 671 active Covid-19 cases in Delhi and 230 people are under home isolation while the number of containment zones stood at 439,” it said.The single new fatality reported on Thursday has pushed the death toll in the city to 25,022, according to the latest bulletin.
On Wednesday, Delhi had recorded 77 cases and one death, while on Tuesday the daily infection tally was 76 with two deaths. On February 16, ninety-four people were diagnosed Covid positive while the daily tally was 96 on January 27, according to official figures.
The Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Tuesday stressed that even though the cases have come down sharply following Covid-appropriate behaviour and wear masks is essential in order to prevent the onset of a third wave.
To detect new variants of the coronavirus and ascertain their severity, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal inaugurated state-of-the-art genome sequencing facility in Institute of Liver and Biliary Services (ILBS) on Thursday.
The chief minister had also launched the first genome-sequencing laboratory in the national capital at the LNJP Hospital. The genome-sequencing laboratory at the state-run Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan (LNJP) Hospital will be able to sequence five to seven samples a day, with a turnaround time of about four to five days, the government had said in a statement.