Yellow alert issued in Delhi amid rising Kovid cases

Amid rising cases of COVID-19 and omicron type, the Delhi government on Tuesday decided to implement ‘Yellow’ alert of Graded Response Action Plan in the city. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal held a high level meeting with top officials to discuss the current COVID-19 situation in the city. “As the COVID-19 positivity rate has been above 0.5 per cent for the past few days, we are implementing Level-I (Yellow Alert) of the Graded Response Action Plan. A detailed order on the restrictions to be implemented will be issued soon. Will go,” news agency ANI quoted Arvind Kejriwal as saying after the meeting. CM Kejriwal also said that the new Covid-19 cases reported in the state are mild. He said that despite the increase in the number of Kovid, there was no increase in oxygen consumption or ventilator use.