New Delhi: Over 7,100 coronavirus cases have been reported in Delhi in the last 10 days as doctors and other medical experts have warned people not to let down the guard and follow all COVID-appropriate behaviour. According to official data, amid the rise in daily cases, the positivity rate has also increased from 1.92 per cent recorded on June 7 to 7.01 per cent on June 15.
Delhi had recorded 1,375 Covid cases on Wednesday, the highest daily tally and zero deaths in a month.
On May 10, the city had reported 1,118 cases with a positivity rate of 4.38 per cent and one death, while on May 8, Delhi recorded 1,422 cases with a positivity rate of 5.34 per cent and zero fatalities.
number of covid-19 case According to official data shared by the city’s health department, a steady increase has been registered over the past ten days, as the total number of cases in this period jumped from 247 on June 6 to over 1,300 on June 15.
This is in line with an increase of around 450 per cent in daily cases in this period.
While on June 14 and 15, the tally was over 1,000, from June 10-13, it was over 600 on all four days.
As the daily case count and other related metrics, such as active cases, home isolation cases have also seen a parallel rise, experts warned people not to let their guard down or become complacent again. has given.
Doctors of various major hospitals appealed to the people to follow all covid-appropriate behavior, Especially wearing masks and maintaining social distance, avoiding crowded places and taking other safety measures, but appealed not to panic.
Last week, experts had said that people letting down their guard and traveling during the holiday season were the main factors behind the recent rise in reported coronavirus cases in the national capital.
RML Hospital Medical Superintendent BL Sherwal has said that there is a need to be vigilant, but there is no need to panic.
“Everyone has let the guard down so there will be spikes (of cases). Patients are recovering in three to four days, and have fever, body aches or diarrhea. The good thing is that there is no lung function.” Participation and oxygen is not required,” he said.
Delhi has seen three major waves of the coronavirus pandemic, the second most being dominated by the delta version of the virus. It then saw a third wave with Omicron being the dominant form, however, the deaths recorded during the third wave were relatively low compared to the previous two waves.
In this period of the last 10 days, the maximum number of deaths were reported on June 12 – three, when 735 cases were reported with a positivity rate of 4.35 per cent.
The number of active cases has increased from 1,349 on June 6 to 3,643 on June 15, an increase of 170 per cent.
According to official data, the number of home isolation cases has also registered a steady rise, rising from 1,006 on June 7 to 2,108 on June 15.
The number of containment zones was reduced from 236 on June 7 to 190 on June 14, but again on June 15, it increased to 199.
The city had recorded a positivity rate of 30.6 per cent on January 14, the highest during the third wave of the pandemic.
On Wednesday, Delhi’s total COVID-19 tally rose to 19,15,905, while the death toll stood at 26,223, the department said in its bulletin.
There are 9,582 beds for COVID-19 patients in Delhi hospitals and 169 of them are occupied, the bulletin said.