New Delhi: For the first time since March 2020, the nationwide capital recorded no new Covid case on Monday. Delhi recorded its first coronavirus case on March 2, 2020 and logged a whole of 20,07,313 circumstances with a cumulative positivity price of 4.94 per cent and 26,522 pandemic-related fatalities to date. Seven states, together with Maharashtra, Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal, have recorded extra Covid circumstances than Delhi.
The nationwide capital has battled three Covid waves to date, with the Delta variant-driven second wave in April-May 2021 being the deadliest. The two months noticed hospitals and relations of sufferers scrambling for oxygen and medical doctors being burdened past their capacities. The third wave, fuelled by the contagious Omicron variant, noticed the variety of each day COVID-19 circumstances in Delhi contact the report excessive of 28,867 on January 13. The metropolis recorded a positivity price of 30.6 p.c on January 14, the very best to date.
According to information shared by the town well being division right here, the variety of energetic circumstances stands at simply 10. As many as 931 checks had been carried out the earlier day, the well being division bulletin acknowledged. The metropolis reported only one new case on Sunday with a positivity price of 0.05 p.c. It noticed three new Covid circumstances on Saturday with a positivity price of 0.10 p.c and 6 new circumstances on Friday with 0.41 p.c of the individuals examined turning out constructive.
No Covid-related fatality was reported on Monday. The capital has logged just one dying as a result of an infection (on January 9) this month. Only 13 of the 8,295 beds are occupied at current in devoted COVID-19 hospitals in the town. Twelve of those are suspected circumstances of Covid. Nine sufferers are underneath house isolation.
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