(PTI)ĭelhi recorded its highest rainfall in a day for January in 22 years on Saturday, yielding the city's best air quality in over two months even as the minimum temperature settled at 15 degrees Celsius, eight notches above normal. Seven more fatalities were recorded in Delhi on Saturday due to COVID-19 as the city clocked 20,181 infections in a single day, while the positivity rate rose to 19.60 per cent, according to data by the health department. About the deaths, Dr Kumar said fatalities have occurred among those who were comorbid and were old. He also said five patients infected with the Omicron variant are admitted at the facility while 180 people have been discharged. These include 11 doctors and the rest are nursing staff and safai karamcharis." Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain, on Saturday, asserted the situation arising out of healthcare workers getting infected with coronavirus was not alarming.ĭr Suresh Kumar, the medical director of Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital, Delhi's largest medical facility, said, "Twenty-six of our staff members have tested positive (for COVID-19) till now. (PTI)Įleven doctors have so far tested Covid positive at Delhi's Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital where five patients infected with the Omicron variant are admitted. There would be no lockdown if people wear masks, he had stated. Kejriwal had on Sunday said the rapid speed at which the coronavirus was spreading in Delhi had been a matter of 'deep concern', yet added there was no plan to impose lockdown. The city buses and Metro trains are permitted to operate with 100 per cent seating capacity. Currently, dine-in facility in restaurants is allowed to operate at 50 per cent of their seating capacity. It was discussed in the DDMA meeting that restrictions imposed in Delhi should also be imposed in National Capital Territory Region to prevent rise in cases.
The Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) on Monday decided not to impose lockdown to contain the spread of COVID-19 and discussed further restrictions such as closing dine-in facility in restaurants and scaling down seating capacity in Metro trains and buses, officials said.Ī DDMA meeting, chaired by Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal and attended by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, also discussed ways to strictly enforce existing restrictions to check rising cases of the coronavirus and its Omicron variant. Additionally, at least 750 doctors and hundreds more nurses and paramedics from the six major hospitals in Delhi are currently down with virus. In another development, more than 300 Delhi Police personnel, including the Additional Commissioner of Police (Crime Branch), have tested positive for COVID-19, officials said on Monday. According to Centre’s directions, the third dose will be of the same vaccine as the first two jabs and will be given to those who were vaccinated nine months ago. Meanwhile, Covid-19 precaution dose for healthcare workers, frontline workers and persons aged above 60 with co-morbidities started rolling out in Delhi from Monday. The number of active cases stood at 60,733 while over 10,000 people recovered. The total positivity rate on Sunday went to 23.53 per cent.
Meanwhile, the city recorded 22,751 new Covid-19 cases and 17 deaths on in the last 24 hours. There would be no lockdown if people wear masks, he had stated.ĭelhi has not reported any new case of the Omicron variant for two days now, maintaining a tally of 513 infections so far, data showed on Monday. Kejriwal had on Sunday said the rapid speed at which the coronavirus was spreading in Delhi had been a matter of “deep concern”, yet added there was no plan to impose lockdown.
The city buses and Metro trains are permitted to operate with a 100 per cent seating capacity.
The Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) on Monday decided not to impose lockdown to contain the spread of Covid-19 and discussed further restrictions such as closing dine-in facility in restaurants and scaling down seating capacity in Metro trains and buses, officials said.Ī DDMA meeting, chaired by Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal and attended by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, also discussed ways to strictly enforce existing restrictions to check rising cases of the coronavirus and its Omicron variant.
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