For Two Days Delhi Sees Less Than 2000 New COVID-19 Cases, Recovery Rate Nearly 80 Per Cent

The situation in national capital Delhi which is among the worst-hit due to the COVID-19 continues to remain critical, but there could be a glimmer of hope.

For the past two days, Delhi has recorded less than 2000 new cases each.

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On Sunday, Delhi recorded 1573 new infections and on the previous day, it was 1781.

This is the first time in July that the daily case count has remained below the 2,000-mark for two consecutive days.

This is in sharp contrast to June 23, when the national capital had reported the highest single-day spike of 3,947 cases till date.

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In fact, the number of new cases being reported in the national capital had been dropping throughout last week.

While it is too early to celebrate, it is definitely a good sign for the city that has the highest number of COVID-19 cases in India.

The drop in the number of cases also adds to the fact that the recovery rate in Delhi is also is constantly improving.

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Out of the 112494 COVID-19 cases that have been reported so far, only 19155 are active. Out of this, 11,059 are under home isolation and only 6523 are in hospital.

A total of 89968 COVID-19 patients have recovered, which is 79.9 percent of all the confirmed cases so far.

The death toll in the state stood at 3,371.

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said that Delhi has been able to minimise deaths of coronavirus patients in home isolation through pulse oximeters.

The Delhi government has provided pulse oximeters to asymptomatic and mild symptom coronavirus patients undergoing home isolation.

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Delhi Government which had set up a 10,000-bed Sardar Patel COVID Care Centre, a 500-bed COVID care facility at the Commonwealth Games Village in East Delhi and used railway coaches as insolation wards has for now put on hold their plans to use stadiums as makeshift COVID-19 care facilities.

Last month, a Delhi government panel, constituted by Lt Governor Anil Baijal, had suggested to use Pragati Maidan, Talkatora Indoor Stadium, Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium and JLN Stadium, Thyagaraj Indoor Stadium and Dhyanchand National Stadium for the purpose.

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"Seeing the current situation, there is no need to convert stadiums into COVID-19 care facilities. We can use them (stadiums) for such facility, but it would be unnecessary step because many people are under home-isolation and recovering from the virus," an official in the east Delhi district administration said.

He said that if such need arises in the coming days, the district authorities will use stadiums as makeshift COVID-19 care facilities.

"We are closely monitoring the situation. As of now, there is no need to use any stadium for COVID-19 care facility," an official in the south district administration said.