Delhi May Report 14,000 COVID Cases Today, No Plan Of Lockdown: Satyendar Jain

TPI Staff January 6, 2022

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Delhi Health Minister Says 54 Omicron Cases Recorded In National Capital, Centre Tally For City Is 57

Mumbai: Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Thursday said that the national capital is likely to report around 14,000 fresh COVID-19 cases today.

Jain also said that there is no plan right now to impose lockdown in Delhi.

Jain said Delhi is in a “comfortable position” in terms of hospital bed rest and added that there have been no deaths due to omicrons in the city.

Talking about the precautions required during the spread of COVID-19 in the national capital, Jain had emphasized on home isolation of asymptomatic persons who came in contact with infected people.

“Corona patients in home isolation should take care of these things: isolate yourself from other members of the household; stay in a well-ventilated room with cross-ventilation; wear a triple-layer mask; take special care of cleanliness; keep yourself busy, talk to family and relatives on phone from time to time,” he tweeted on Wednesday.

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This was in response to the revised guidelines issued by the Union Health Ministry. It said the home isolation of Covid-19 patients would end after at least seven days after testing positive and no fever for three consecutive days. Also, there is no need for re-testing after the period of home isolation is over.

The number of people under home isolation in Delhi stood at 11,551 on Wednesday, a day after the national capital recorded 10,665 cases with a positivity rate of 11.88 per cent and eight deaths.

The national capital has registered a huge increase in the number of Covid-19 cases. The Delhi government has attributed this rise to the highly contagious Omron variant. According to Jain, the third wave of Kovid-19 has arrived in the city.

According to official data from the Delhi government, 65 per cent of the samples whose genome sequencing report came between January 1 and January 3 were found to have an omicron variant, while 28 per cent were found between December 1 and December 31.

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