Amid an uptick in daily cases of COVID-19 in Delhi and the positivity rate going beyond two per cent, there has been a rise of nearly 48 percent in the number of home isolation cases here in the last one week, according to official data. On Thursday, the number of home isolation cases stood at … Read more
On February 14, the home isolation cases count stood at 2,361, registering a fall of 80 per cent in the figures in the last two weeks. Amid a decline in daily Covid cases in Delhi, the number of patients under home isolation here has gradually fallen to 2,361, a steep drop of 80 per cent … Read more
The maximum number of adolescents have received the second dose in northeast Delhi followed by southwest district at 5,716. With schools gearing up to reopen for classes 9 to 12 from Monday, authorities have inoculated 82 per cent adolescents in Delhi with the first dose since the exercise to vaccinate them against coronavirus commenced from … Read more
The positivity rate, which was 30.6 per cent on January 14, now, according to data released on Friday, stands at 8.6 per cent for the city. Hundreds of gym owners on Saturday took out a protest march to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s residence here to oppose the DDMA’s decision to keep fitness centres closed even … Read more
The national capital had recorded 6,456 fresh COVID-19 cases and 262 fatalities on May 16, while the case positivity rate stood at 10.4 per cent. Delhi reported 5,481 fresh COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, the highest number of such cases since May 16, with a positivity rate of 8.37 per cent, and three more fatalities due … Read more
Similarly, genome sequencing labs have a limited capacity. They can sequence 50 to 100 samples a day, but cases are now in thousands, the official said. The Delhi government is considering isolating Omicron patients, who are asymptomatic and have mild symptoms, at home, officials said on Thursday. Also, the government will send only a limited … Read more
The administration has also stepped up efforts to engage with public stakeholders and brief them about the disease and seek their support. With the spike in cases of COVID-19 and its Omicron variant, the district administrations and Delhi Police have intensified their enforcement drives for strict adherence to Covid appropriate behaviour. According to government data, … Read more
The number of Covid cases under the “cumulative new cases for last seven days” category jumped to 1,789 on December 28 from 698 on December 23. The COVID-19 positivity rate in Delhi has jumped to 1.29 per cent from 0.19 per cent between December 23 and December 29, according to government data. A similar trend … Read more