The Covid-19 positivity rate in Delhi has been on decline and it has hovered around five per cent for the past seven days which is a sign of relief, said Minister of Health and Family Welfare Satyendar Jain. He said the third wave of Covid-19 pandemic is not over yet but it is “definitely on the wane”.
Delhi recorded 2,463 new Covid-19 cases and 50 fatalities on Wednesday, the lowest number of deaths in a single day since November 1.
As the positivity rate slipped to 3.42 per cent, Jain had on Wednesday tweeted that it was heartening to see that the national capital is “emerging victorious” in the battle against the coronavirus.
“Cases are falling, and death count in a day is lowest in the last 40 days. The situation has improved, and we can definitely say the third wave of the pandemic here is on the wane. It is not over, but on the wane,” he said.
On plans of Covid-19 vaccination, he said, healthcare workers and frontline staff will be administered the vaccine first, followed by the elderly and then others.
“If we have vaccine availability, we can vaccinate the entire population in a week’s time, we have the preparations ready,” he added.