Is COVID-19 Curve Flattening in Delhi? Positivity Rate Drops to 22.47%, 5.52% Less Than Yesterday | Key Points

Delhi COVID Cases: The case tally has climbed to 17,34,181 in Delhi while the death toll due to Covid has gone up to 25,425. The number of active cases in the city stands at 78,112, including 63,432 patients in home isolation.

New Delhi: New Covid cases in Delhi seem to be stabilising as the national capital on Tuesday reported 11,684 new Covid-19 cases, the health bulletin showed. The positivity rate, the number of positive cases identified per 100, fell to 22.47 per cent— 5.52% less than yesterday, January 17. Earlier on Monday, the city had witnessed 12,527 fresh Covid cases and 24 deaths due to the disease, while the positivity rate stood at 27.99 per cent. With the fresh infections, the case tally climbed to 17,34,18while the death toll due to the disease climbed up to 25,425. The number of active cases in the city stands at 78,112, including 63,432 patients in home isolation.

Here’s your 10-point cheatsheet to this big story:-

• Covid cases in the city have been reducing and today was the fifth straight day when the number of cases was lesser than the cases reported on the previous day.
• On January 14, Delhi recorded approximately 24,383 positive cases, while on January 15, the city recorded 20,178 new cases, and on January 16 and 17 it recorded 18,286 and 12,527 fresh infections respectively.
• Vaccination drive in Delhi completed one year and a total of 2.85 crore doses have been administered so far, health minister Satyendar Jain had said.
• India also witnessed a substantial decrease in fresh Covid cases, reporting 2,38,018 new infections in the last 24 hours, and a total of 310 deaths. On Monday, the country had reported 2,58,089 new cases and 385 deaths.
• The weekly positivity rate has climbed to 14.92 per cent amid a sudden spike in cases. The daily positivity rate has declined to 14.43 per cent.
• The Omicron infection tally has risen to 8,891 across the nation, an increase of 8.31 per cent from Monday.
• Earlier in the day, the Centre asked the States and Union Territories to enhance Covid-19 testing in a strategic manner to track the spread of the pandemic.
• “Testing remains a key and crucial component of the framework,” Union Health Ministry said in a letter to the states and UTs, adding that “It is seen from available data on the ICMR portal that testing has declined in many states and Union Territories.”
• Meanwhile, the SBI research in a report said that new Covid cases in Mumbai are stabilising, but infections in other places like Bengaluru and Pune are increasing during the ongoing third wave of the pandemic.
• The weekly positivity rate has climbed to 14.92 per cent amid a sudden spike in cases. The daily positivity rate has declined to 14.43 per cent.