Delhi govt HOLDS meeting amid surge in Covid cases

Delhi Health Minister Saurabh Bhardwaj held an emergency meeting on Thursday afternoon after 300 fresh Covid-19 cases were recorded in the Capital on Wednesday.
The national capital recorded 300 fresh Covid-19 cases and two deaths on Wednesday, marking a sharp uptick in infections over the last 24 hours.
According to a bulletin issued by the Delhi Health department on Wednesday, the capital registered two deaths from Covid over the last 24 hours.
Amid a sudden spike in Covid cases in the national capital, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Delhi has decided to step up its daily testing of samples for the pathogen, Health Minister Saurabh Bhardwaj said.
The national capital currently has 806 active Covid cases, with the infection rate at 13.89 per cent, the bulletin stated.
“The positivity rate is currently higher than 10 per cent, but the number of tests is low. However, there is no need to panic.”
Detaling other decisions taken at the meeting, he said, “An advisory has been issued that people with flu-like symptoms, and those visiting hospitals should wear masks.”
Speaking to reporters after chairing an emergency meeting on Thursday to take stock of the prevailing Covid situation in the national capital and draw up a plan to deal with the rising cases, Bhardwaj advised hospitals to test any patient showing symptoms of Covid-19. “We will step up testing as and when the situation demands,” the Delhi Health minister told reporters.
Further, according to the bulletin, as many as 2,160 swab samples were tested over the last 24 hours, of which 300 tested positive for Covid-19.
Further, according to the release, a total of 4,07,85,433 Covid tests have been conducted so far.
It stated further that a total of 163 Covid patients recovered from the virus in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of recoveries to 19,82,029.
Earlier, on Tuesday, the national capital recorded 214 new Covid infections. The total number of active cases was recorded at 671 while the positivity rate jumped to 11.88 per cent.