New Delhi: Delhi logged 10,756 covid According to the data shared by the city, 38 more deaths due to cases and infections were reported in a single day, while the positivity rate came down to 18.04 per cent. health Department on Friday.
So far in January, 434 people have died due to this disease. According to officials, 59,629 Covid tests were conducted on Thursday, as against 57,290 a day earlier. Delhi reported 12,306 Covid cases and 43 deaths on Thursday, while the positivity rate stood at 21.48 per cent.
On Wednesday, the city had recorded 35 deaths and 13,785 Covid cases with a positivity rate of 23.86 per cent.
It had recorded 28,867 Covid cases last Thursday, the sharpest one-day spike since the start of the pandemic. After this the number came down to 24,383 on Friday, 20,718 on Saturday, 18,286 on Sunday, 12,527 on Monday and 11,684 on Tuesday.
The positivity rate stood at 30.6 per cent on Saturday, the highest so far in the ongoing wave of the pandemic, up from 27.9 per cent on Sunday, 28 per cent on Monday and 22.5 per cent on Tuesday.
Hospitals in Delhi have 15,557 beds for COVID patients and 2,656 (17.07 per cent) of them are occupied. A total of 2,656 Covid patients are in hospitals and 156 of them are on ventilator support, the health department’s bulletin said.
It said that out of 61,954 active Covid cases in Delhi, 48,356 are recovering in home isolation. Health Minister since last week Satyendar Jain It is saying that the hospitalizations in the national capital have stabilized and the third wave has stopped.
The Delhi government on Thursday banned the traditional . rate limit RT-PCR Tests in private hospitals and laboratories for Rs 300, a 40 percent reduction in price, according to an order.
Earlier this test used to cost Rs 500.
The order said that the rapid antigen tests at private facilities would cost Rs 100.
Earlier it was priced at Rs 300.
So far in January, 434 people have died due to this disease. According to officials, 59,629 Covid tests were conducted on Thursday, as against 57,290 a day earlier. Delhi reported 12,306 Covid cases and 43 deaths on Thursday, while the positivity rate stood at 21.48 per cent.
On Wednesday, the city had recorded 35 deaths and 13,785 Covid cases with a positivity rate of 23.86 per cent.
It had recorded 28,867 Covid cases last Thursday, the sharpest one-day spike since the start of the pandemic. After this the number came down to 24,383 on Friday, 20,718 on Saturday, 18,286 on Sunday, 12,527 on Monday and 11,684 on Tuesday.
The positivity rate stood at 30.6 per cent on Saturday, the highest so far in the ongoing wave of the pandemic, up from 27.9 per cent on Sunday, 28 per cent on Monday and 22.5 per cent on Tuesday.
Hospitals in Delhi have 15,557 beds for COVID patients and 2,656 (17.07 per cent) of them are occupied. A total of 2,656 Covid patients are in hospitals and 156 of them are on ventilator support, the health department’s bulletin said.
It said that out of 61,954 active Covid cases in Delhi, 48,356 are recovering in home isolation. Health Minister since last week Satyendar Jain It is saying that the hospitalizations in the national capital have stabilized and the third wave has stopped.
The Delhi government on Thursday banned the traditional . rate limit RT-PCR Tests in private hospitals and laboratories for Rs 300, a 40 percent reduction in price, according to an order.
Earlier this test used to cost Rs 500.
The order said that the rapid antigen tests at private facilities would cost Rs 100.
Earlier it was priced at Rs 300.
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