Amid surge in Covid cases, Kejriwal says Delhi ready to fight

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Amid surge in Covid cases, Kejriwal says Delhi ready to fight

Amid the surge in Covid cases, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Friday that the government is fully prepared to fight against any situation.

Patients with Severe Acute Respiratory Infections SARI and Influenza-Like Illness ILI are requested to mask up, though there has been no mandate from the Centre to do so so far. We are currently conducting genome sequencing of all Covid cases detected. Kejriwal said 7,986 beds have been set aside for Covid, including oxygen, ICU and ventilator beds.

He said that this variant is not severe and spreads quickly, even though those who are fully vaccinated are infected with the rising XBB 1.16 variant of Covid, which accounts for 48 per cent of all positive cases. Kejriwal said we have been conducting mock drills.

On August 31 there were 377 cases reported in Delhi, with two fatalities, while the positivity rate was 2.58 per cent.

The city has seen an increase in daily Covid cases over the last few days, due to a rise in H 3 N 2 influenza cases in the country.

The number of fresh cases in Delhi had declined over the last few months. It had dropped to zero on January 16, the first time since the pandemic broke out.

With the fresh cases, Delhi's infection tally has increased to 20,09, 361, while the death count is 26,526.

The health minister Saurabh Bharadwaj told PTI that the government is keenly watching the coronavirus situation and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will hold a review meeting on the matter.

We looked at the situation. We have asked hospitals to give patients who are symptomatic with coronaviruses. People visiting hospitals should wear masks, he said.

India recorded a single day rise of 3,095 COVID 19 cases, while the country's active caseload hit 15,208 on Friday. The total number of recoveries reached 4,41, 69,711, with 1,390 people being cured and discharged in the last 24 hours, according to the Union Health Ministry data.

The daily positivity rate was 2.61 per cent, the weekly case positivity rate is 1.91 per cent. The recovery rate, on the other hand, was 98.78 per cent. There were 92.15 crore tests conducted so far and 1,18, 649 tests conducted in the last 24 hours.