Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Monday said the pandemic situation in the national capital is "under control" as long as the positivity rate is below one per cent.
Delhi on Wednesday recorded 200 fresh coronavirus cases including two fatalities, taking the death toll to 10,905, even as the positivity rate rose to 0.36 per cent, authorities said.
The Dlehi government has made COVID-19 test mandatory for travellers from Maharashtra, Kerala, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Punjab.
Schools in Delhi will reopen from January 18 after remaining shut for 10 months due to the pandemic. All schools outside COVID-19 containment zones will reopen for Classes 10 and 12.
With final preparations underway and the vaccine set to arrive in the national capital in the next couple of days, Rohit Datta, who was the first person to be diagnosed with coronavirus infection on March 1, said "it feels surreal".
Travellers coming from the UK to the national capital will have to undergo a seven-day institutional quarantine and a seven-day home quarantine even if they test negative for COVID-19 on arrival, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced on Friday.
With this, the number of people testing positive for the disease after returning from the UK has gone up to 21 in the national capital. All of them returned from the UK after November 25.
Employees of the Delhi Jal Board and electricity department will be among the category of frontline health staff for Covid-19 vaccination.
The positivity rate from December 3-7 had successively dipped to 4.96 per cent, 4.78 per cent, 4.20 per cent, 3.68 per cent and 3.15 per cent, respectively.
Delhi recorded 1,575 new coronavirus infections on Thursday. However, with these fresh cases the total caseload of national capital has reached 6,01,150, crossing 6-lakh mark.
Delhi recorded 3,188 fresh COVID-19 cases today with a positivity rate of 4.23 per cent, authorities said.
Amid a surge in the coronavirus cases in the national capital, AAP government on Thursday told the High Court that no night curfew would be imposed in Delhi, or parts of it, for now, to contain the spread of coronavirus.
Meanwhile, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has increased the number of ICU beds to 500 in Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Covid Hospital at Delhi Cantonment, an official statement said on Sunday.
The Delhi government issued work-from-home (WFH) orders for 50 per cent of its employees associated with non-essential services amid a surge in COVID-19 cases in the national capital.
Delhi recorded 5,482 fresh COVID-19 cases on Friday, while 98 more fatalities pushed the death toll in the city to 8,909, the authorities said. The positivity rate was 8.51 percent.
As the national capital is battling a resurgence in Covid-19 cases, health experts on Thursday said that Delhi is currently facing the third wave of the disease which is likely to last at least a few more weeks.
The national capital recorded over 100 COVID-19 deaths for the fifth consecutive day on Tuesday. The death rate stood at 1.89 per cent on Tuesday.
The counsel appearing for Delhi government told the court that he was given oral instructions that spas would not be reopened in view of prevailing conditions in the national capital and sought time to file an affidavit giving reasons for the same.
Delhi recorded 4,454 fresh COVID-19 cases on Monday and a positivity rate of 11.94 per cent while 121 more fatalities pushed the death toll to 8,512, authorities said.
Delhi recorded 6,746 fresh COVID-19 cases on Sunday and a positivity rate of 12.29 percent while 121 more fatalities pushed the death toll to 8,391, authorities said.
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