Delhi on Wednesday registered 13,785 daily Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, 17.9 per cent higher than Tuesday’s tally.
According to State Health Bulletin, total 57,776 tests conducted and positivity rate was recorded at 23.86 per cent, 16,580 patients recovered also while 35 succumbed to the infection. Delhi has now39,489 containment zones.
Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Wednesday said the government will monitor the Covid -19 situation for three to four days to confirm the trend of positivity rate before reviewing the curbs in the national Capital.
“Positivity rate of daily Covid-19 cases has come down from 30 per cent to 22.5 per cent, the rate should be half of it. We will monitor the situation for three to four days,” the Minister said.
Delhi had logged 11,684 Covid cases on Tuesday with a positivity rate of 22.47 per cent. It saw 12,527 cases and 24 deaths on Monday, and the positivity rate was 27.99 per cent. Responding to a question about low rate of testing in Delhi, Jain said no one is being denied a Covid test and the authorities are following the guidelines issued by the Centre.
Meanwhile, Delhi has administered 1,47,354 precaution doses of the Covid-19 vaccine.
Nearly 2,40,000 healthcare workers, 3,50,000 frontline workers, and 3,80,000 persons above the age of 60 years with comorbidities are eligible for the third dose. This means more than 15 per cent of those who are eligible for the third dose have been immunized
However, 6,14,151 children aged between 15 and 18 have been vaccinated with the first dose after the inoculation drive began for them. This is more than 60 per cent of the 10 lakh eligible children.