Delhi Likely To Report 10,000 COVID Cases Today, 3rd Wave Has Set In: Health Minister

Mumbai: Delhi is likely to report around 10,000 COVID-19 infections on Wednesday, with the daily positivity rate rising to nearly 10%, Delhi Health Minister, Satyendar Jain said.

Jain stressed that the third wave of coronavirus pandemic has hit Delhi and the surge in COVID cases is driven by Omicron.

Jain said that the Delhi government has directed private hospitals to increase the number of beds reserved for Kovid patients from 10 percent to 40 percent of their capacity.

The Health Minister of Delhi said that at present there are about 2 percent of beds in government hospitals.

Giving details of the COVID testing capabilities in the city, the Health Minister informed that coronavirus testing has been increased and around 90,000 tests were conducted on January 4, however, he said that genome sequencing of all COVID samples is currently not possible and only Sequencing of 300-400 samples is being done.

In view of the rapid rise in COVID infections, Delhi on Tuesday announced the imposition of a weekend curfew from January 8. Earlier, the Delhi government had imposed a night curfew to curb the pandemic, which is underway.

Notably, Delhi Chief Minister and AP chief Arvind Kejriwal, who is attending several election rallies in polling states, tested positive for COVID-19 on January 4.

The Delhi Disaster Management Authority, chaired by Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal, held a meeting on Tuesday and decided to impose a curfew over the weekend. Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia while talking to media persons said that buses and metro will run with full seating capacity every day.

As per the new rules, the government employees, barring those who are engaged in essential services, have been asked to work from home. The Delhi administration asked the private offices to operate with 50 per cent capacity.

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