Most COVID-19 cases are gentle, don’t need hospitalisation: Kejriwal
Highlights
- Delhi is witnessing a pointy spike in COVID cases, Kejriwal stated
- Most of the cases don’t need hospitalisation, but the govt. is absolutely ready, the CM stated
- Kejriwal stated we need to apply precautions – social distancing, sanitisation, face masks
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday stated that although the variety of day by day COVID-19 cases and lively cases are growing within the metropolis, there isn’t any need to panic as these are very gentle and don’t need hospitalisation. He introduced knowledge to present that regardless of a rise within the variety of cases, mattress occupancy in hospitals is even lesser than one per cent and could be very low as in contrast to final yr’s lethal second wave of coronavirus in April.
“Active COVID-19 cases rose from about 2,000 on December 29, 2021, to 6,000 on January 1, but the number of patients in hospitals dipped during this period. On December 29, 2021, as many as 262 beds were occupied while on January 1 it was 247 only,” Kejriwal stated in a digital press convention.
He stated that on March 27 final yr, Delhi had 6,600 lively cases and 1,150 oxygen beds have been occupied. As many as 145 sufferers have been on ventilator in contrast to 5 now, he stated.
Kejriwal stated that COVID-19 cases are growing quickly in Delhi, however there isn’t any need to panic.
“Currently, the number of active cases in the city is 6,360 and today (Sunday) 3,100 new cases are expected to be reported. All cases are mild and in most of them patients don’t need hospitalisation,” the CM stated.
(With inputs from PTI)
