NEW DELHI: The Covid-19 count in the capital on Thursday reached 92,175 with 2,373 more people testing positive for the disease. On the brighter side, the positivity rate came down to 11.3% from Wednesday’s 12.2%.
In the second week of June, the positivity rate was recorded at 30% and above on multiple occasions. However, it has been coming down consistently over the past 10 days.
The number of active cases in Delhi is 26,304. On the other hand, 63,007 people have recovered from the infection. “In total, 3,015 people recovered from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours,” said a senior health official.
In the last one month, testing has increased significantly in Delhi from about 5,000 tests daily in May to 20,000 in June-end. Tests are being conducted using both the RT-PCR method, which takes about six hours to process, and the recently introduced rapid antigen test, which gives results within an hour.
The state health department said 5.7 lakh Covid-19 tests have been conducted in Delhi till date, which computes to 30,133 tests per million population. “Cases are reducing despite increased testing. This is a welcome change,” said Dr Suresh Kumar, medical director of Lok Nayak Hospital. He added that deaths had also reduced, but it was too early to judge for how long this trend would hold.
“We should observe the trend for a little longer to reach any conclusion,” Kumar said. Lok Nayak has 2,000 Covid-19 beds of which around 700 are full. “We have 110 ICU beds with ventilator facility. Nearly 50% are still lying vacant,” he added.
Across Delhi, there were 15,256 Covid-19 beds. Of these, 9,596 (63%) were lying vacant on Thursday. ICU beds with ventilator support are more difficult to find. Of the 800 such beds, government data showed only 245 (31%) were vacant.
Recently, the government ordered all state-run hospitals to increase the number of beds with ventilator facilities over and above the existing numbers. An order was also issued for constitution of teams to inspect government and private hospitals for assessment of the existing capacity, patient care amenities and associated aspects of Covid care facilities.
In the second week of June, the positivity rate was recorded at 30% and above on multiple occasions. However, it has been coming down consistently over the past 10 days.
The number of active cases in Delhi is 26,304. On the other hand, 63,007 people have recovered from the infection. “In total, 3,015 people recovered from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours,” said a senior health official.
In the last one month, testing has increased significantly in Delhi from about 5,000 tests daily in May to 20,000 in June-end. Tests are being conducted using both the RT-PCR method, which takes about six hours to process, and the recently introduced rapid antigen test, which gives results within an hour.
The state health department said 5.7 lakh Covid-19 tests have been conducted in Delhi till date, which computes to 30,133 tests per million population. “Cases are reducing despite increased testing. This is a welcome change,” said Dr Suresh Kumar, medical director of Lok Nayak Hospital. He added that deaths had also reduced, but it was too early to judge for how long this trend would hold.
“We should observe the trend for a little longer to reach any conclusion,” Kumar said. Lok Nayak has 2,000 Covid-19 beds of which around 700 are full. “We have 110 ICU beds with ventilator facility. Nearly 50% are still lying vacant,” he added.
Across Delhi, there were 15,256 Covid-19 beds. Of these, 9,596 (63%) were lying vacant on Thursday. ICU beds with ventilator support are more difficult to find. Of the 800 such beds, government data showed only 245 (31%) were vacant.
Recently, the government ordered all state-run hospitals to increase the number of beds with ventilator facilities over and above the existing numbers. An order was also issued for constitution of teams to inspect government and private hospitals for assessment of the existing capacity, patient care amenities and associated aspects of Covid care facilities.
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