Delhi: Covid cases decreased in city, weekend curfew proving to work, says Satyendar Jain
Premium- The national capital recorded 12,527 Covid-19 cases on Monday with a positivity rate of 27.99 %.
NEW DELHI : Covid-19 cases in the national capital Delhi have gone down in the past four days, said Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain said on Monday.
The Delhi Health Minister attributed the decline in cases to weekend curfew that the DDMA ahs imposed as a part of a Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP).
Delhi had earlier seen a spike in Covid-19 cases as the new coronavirus variant Omicron became the dominant mutant in most cases. The Delhi Health Minister assured migrant workers that there will be no lockdown in the national capital.
“Weekend curfews have played a significant role in this decline. However, this trend indicates that the number of cases in Delhi is decreasing, but the government is still keeping a close eye on the covid cases.
“It will take some time to understand the trend forward. There is no lockdown in Delhi and the migrant workers should not be worried," Jain said in the statement.
He said Delhi recorded approximately 24,383, 20,178, and 18,286 Covid positive cases on 14 January, 15 January, and 17 January, respectively.
Earlier in the day, Jain told reporters that the city was likely to witness 4,000-5,000 less COVID-19 cases on Monday than the numbers reported on Sunday.
According to the data provided by the health department, the national capital recorded 12,527 Covid-19 cases on Monday with a positivity rate of 27.99 %.
Twenty-four people lost their lives to the virus on Sunday, as per the data.
Jain mentioned that the vaccination drive in Delhi completed one year on Monday and a total of 2.85 crore doses have been administered so far.
The Health Minister congratulated healthcare workers and front-line workers on completing a year of the vaccination drive and said that the Delhi government has an adequate supply of vaccines.
"First dose of Covid vaccine has been given to 100 per cent of the eligible population in Delhi while both doses have been given to 80 per cent of the targeted people.
"As many as 1.27 lakh precautionary doses have been administered to senior citizens, frontline workers and healthcare workers," Jain said.
He added that out of 1.27 lakh precautionary doses, nearly 35,000 have been administered to senior citizens, 60,000 to frontline workers, and 32,000 to healthcare workers.
In a statement, Jain said no prescription is required to get tested if people are showing any symptoms of coronavirus.
Jain urged people to wear masks at all times and adhere to all covid protocols such as maintaining social distancing, hand sanitisation at regular intervals.
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