Amid surge in coronavirus cases across India, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Saturday took a jibe at the Centre as he said, “We’re stuck in technical terms” and the Government should have admitted India is in the “community spread” stage.
“There has been a downward trend in Covid-19 positivity rate in the national Capital and it will lead to good results by next week. The positivity rate was 6.76 per cent on Friday. It has remained below seven per cent in the last two-three days. Last week, it was around 8 per cent,” he said.
Jain said that the cumulative positivity rate has also dropped below 10 per cent for the first time. “Due to the increased testing over the last 10 to 12 days, Delhi has been witnessing a “downward trend” in the Covid-19 positivity rate over the past two to three days. It should lead to good results by next week,” he said,” he added.
The national Capital reported 4,127 new cases and 30 deaths on Friday.