Five fatalities were recorded in the 21-40 age group, while one patient each from the 0-15 and 16-20 age cohorts succumbed to the infection, the data showed. Of the 46 COVID-19 patients who died in Delhi between January 5 and January 9, 34 had comorbidities such as cancer and heart and liver diseases, according to … Read more
Dr Paul said that close to 7,000-8,000 teams will be deployed on this task alone. With Delhi witnessing a record increase in the number of Coronavirus cases since the past few weeks, the government in close coordination has taken a number of steps to contain the spread of Coronavirus. NITI Aayog member Dr V K … Read more
The AIIMS trauma centre which has a total capacity of 50 beds also has only five ICU beds vacant at the moment. With Delhi becoming the biggest contributor to the country’s Covid-19 tally with over 7,000 cases getting reported on Friday in the city, the capital’s hospitals have started facing the ICU beds crunch, the … Read more
. However the modalities of the sero survey including the sample size remain to be determined. Delhi government is yet to decide on opening cinema theatres and swimming pools! According to a report in IE, a decision could not be made at the meeting of the Delhi Disaster Management Authority which was convened on Tuesday. … Read more
The officials also said that testing has been ramped up for the special surveillance group and people who test positive are immediately isolated. In the wake of the rising number of Coronavirus cases in Delhi, a revised strategy has been formulated ‘by an expert committee to contain the spread of the virus in the national … Read more
The notice issued by the Directorate General of Health Services has asked vendors of the testing kits to supply 5 lakh antigen testing kits to the Delhi government on an emergency basis. In a bid to ramp up its Coronavirus testing capacity, the Delhi government is in the process of procuring 5 lakh Coronavirus rapid … Read more
About three and a half lakh additional rapid antigen kits have been procured for testing across all the three jurisdictions. Pune has become the worst affected city in the country as it added 1,931 new Covid-19 infections on Monday to emerge as the city giving highest number of Coronavirus cases in the country. Pune left … Read more