Delhi had on Sunday recorded 433 COVID-19 cases with a positivity rate of 2.96 per cent and two deaths. On Saturday, it recorded 544 COVID-19 cases with a positivity rate of 3.37 per cent and two fatalities.
Delhi has reported a few cases of BA.4 and BA.5 variants of Omicron, which are highly transmissible, but experts have said there is no need to panic as they don't cause severe infection.
The positivity rate in the national capital was recorded at 7.72 per cent.
The city has recorded zero fatality count on multiple days this month. The number of daily COVID-19 cases in Delhi has been on the decline after touching the record high of 28,867 on January 13.
The test positivity rate in the national capital dropped to 1.50 per cent, data showed.
After being closed for 105 days, Delhi's National Zoological Park reopened for the public on August 02. The zoo was temporarily shut due to a rise in COVID-19 cases in the national capital during the second wave. On the first day, more than 92 per cent of tickets were sold. However, the visitors have to strictly follow COVID-appropriate behaviour.
The Delhi government will give compensation amount of up to Rs 5 lakh to families of those Covid patients who died due to lack of oxygen
The Directorate General of Health Services should coordinate with the TEC and facilitate rapid decision making and also monitor the overall management of the drug from approval till delivery to the hospital concerned, it said.
With the lockdown in place for close to four weeks, Covid cases in Delhi have finally started to dip, with 8,506 cases being recorded on Friday.
The national capital has reported 10,400 new Covid cases in the last 24 hours, the lowest since April 20, when the city had reported 28,395 cases, health officials said here on Thursday. More importantly, Delhi's daily Covid positivity rate has also come down to 14 per cent, the lowest since April 22, when the positivity rate was at its peak at 36 per cent.
The court, on May 6, had exhorted the Delhi government to "think out of the box" in view of the severe second wave of COVID-19 pandemic as "we are not in normal times" and there was a shortage of beds for patients in the national capital.
On Saturday, Delhi recorded 332 more COVID-19 fatalities and 17,364 new infections, while the positivity rate remained below 25 per cent for the third consecutive day, the Health Department said.
Amid reports of steep rates being charged for providing ambulance services to Covid patients, Delhi govt capped the prices for private ambulance services in the city.
Northeast Delhi has 600 containment zones closely followed by East Delhi (504) which has the lowest number of such zones.
As per the latest updates on the app, the Centre-run Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital in Delhi has 18 hours of medical oxygen left.
Delhi recorded as many as 20,394 fresh coronavirus cases on Sunday. With this, the tally of COVID-19 cases in the national capital has reached 11,94,946, while the death toll mounted to 16,966.
The national capital yet again reported its highest ever fatalities on a single day due to COVID-19. Government data shows 395 Covid patients died in the last 24 hours in Delhi. The city reported 24,235 Covid cases during the same period.
Delhi High Court today heard a matter related to coronavirus crisis in Delhi. Replying to High Court question, The Delhi govt today said that it is due to the approach of the Centre that the national is not getting enough oxygen supply and there is a shortage.
The Delhi government has issued directions to withdraw an administrative order to set up a Covid-19 care facility for Delhi High Court judges, staff and their families in a five-star hotel.
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday pulled up Arvind Kejriwal government over its handling of the current Covid crisis in the national capital. Angered over the mismanagement, the court told the Aam Aadmi Party government that it will ask the Centre to take over 'if you cannot manage it'.
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