COVID Positivity Rate Dips Below 2%; 1491 New Cases In 24 Hrs: How Delhi Is Curbing Coronavirus
The fall in the count of daily coronavirus cases and the shrinking positivity rate in Delhi can be attributed to the implementation of lockdown in the national capital to combat the pandemic, Health Minister Satyendar Jain said.
Delhi has reported 1,491 new positive cases, 3,952 recoveries and 130 deaths in the last 24 hours. The positivity rate has now dipped to 1.93%, which is the lowest in nearly two months. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), a Covid positivity rate below 5 per cent is considered to be within the safe zone.
This is the fourth day in a row that the daily cases in Capital have remained below 2,000. The number of active Covid-19 cases stands at 19,148.
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About COVID tests
India conducted 22.17 lakh tests in the last 24 hours, the highest number of tests conducted in a single day. The country reported 2,08,921 new Covid-19 cases and 4,157 deaths in the last 24 hours. With this the country¡¯s overall caseload has risen to 2,71,57,795, while the death toll is presently at 3,11,388.
The fall in the count of daily coronavirus cases and the shrinking positivity rate in Delhi can be attributed to the implementation of lockdown in the national capital to combat the pandemic, Health Minister Satyendar Jain said on Wednesday.
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"Positivity down to 1.93% and total positive cases come down to 1491. These are lowest numbers in last 2 months. We still need to take all precautions and follow covid appropriate behaviour," Jain tweeted.
Positivity down to 1.93% and total positive cases come down to 1491. These are lowest numbers in last 2 months.
¡ª Satyendar Jain (@SatyendarJain) May 26, 2021
We still need to take all precautions and follow covid appropriate behavior. pic.twitter.com/ciMHp47gTu
About lockdown
The lockdown in Delhi amid the ongoing second wave of the coronavirus pandemic was imposed on 19 April, which the government has successively extended and recently it was done till May-end. Medical experts recently had attributed the lockdown as the main factor when the first dip in daily cases had been recorded in mid-May amid the second wave of the pandemic, while cautioning that "severity of cases was still the same as before".
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Jain, when asked about the death of a large number of doctors in the second wave, including in Delhi, said any death is unfortunate and added that about 10,000 lives have been lost due to Covid during the second wave here.
About vaccine
According to latest data released by the Union Health Ministry, the country¡¯s active caseload has declined to 24.95 lakh. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday announced that the manufacturers of the Russian ¡®Sputnik V¡¯ vaccine have agreed to supply the jab to the National Capital.
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However, they have not yet confirmed how many doses of the vaccine will be provided. ¡°Talks with the makers of Sputnik V are on. They will give us vaccine, but the quantity is yet to be decided. Our officials and the representatives of the vaccine manufacturers met on Tuesday, too,¡± the CM told reporters.
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