Delhi covid-19 News

Delhi is witnessing an increase in the number of fresh coronavirus cases over the last few days.

Delhi has recorded an increase in the number of fresh Covid-19 cases over the last few days amid a spread of the H3N2 influenza in the country.

"Death cases are very few. There have been no deaths due to COVID in LNJP in the last 24 hours. The requirement for a ventilator is also very less. But it is definitely a matter of concern whenever the positivity is more than 10 per cent," official said. 

Delhi on Friday continued to witness a spike in daily Covid-19 infections. The capital recorded 366 fresh coronavirus cases. Delhi's daily positivity rate has now increased to 3.95 per cent.

As a precautionary measure, the school management sent all students on leave in order to contain the virus from infecting others and spreading further.

The number of cases is decreasing but the government is keeping an eye on the trend, the health minister said. He added that no prescription is required to get tested for Covid if someone shows the symptoms of the viral disease.

Delhi is expected to report less than 25,000 new virus cases on Friday More than 13,000 (88%) hospital beds in Delhi are vacant

Besides night curfew, other measures like limiting the office staff and restricting gatherings of people are already in place. Here's a list of who all will be exempted during the weekend curfew imposed in Delhi from Friday 10 pm to Monday 5 am.

The Delhi chief minister informed only 82 oxygen beds in hospitals have been occupied so far. 

Delhi has reported 64 Omicron cases so far Ready to manage up to 1 lakh daily COVID cases, said Kejriwal The CM appealed to people to not rush to the hospital

Delhi has imported 6,000 oxygen cylinders from China 30,000 hospital beds including 10,000 ICU beds are available, said Kejriwal Omicron has been classified as a ‘variant of concern’ by WHO

Delhi has recorded 62 fresh COVID-19 cases, the highest daily count since August 8. The city also saw two deaths after a gap of nearly three weeks. It had recorded a total of four COVID-19 deaths in October and five in September.

Students of class 10 to 12 in the city are permitted to visit their schools for admission-related work including counselling, guidance and practical activities for board exam.

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