Last week, Delhi saw that the number of positive cases from those tested stood at 5.47%. Officials in the health department said reduction in positivity rate signals that the disease spread is under control.The positivity rate of Covid-19 in Delhi witnessed a marginal decline on Tuesday with 2,676 (4.99%) out of 53,591 persons tested in the last 24 hours being found positive for the viral infection.
According to the Delhi health department, 9,103 tests were conducted using RTPCR/CBNAAT/TrueNat tests and the rest, 44,488 tests, were carried out using rapid antigen tests in the last 24 hours. Of those tested, 2,676 came positive.
The total number of cases in Delhi has now crossed 2.95 lakh, while the death toll from the disease has mounted to 5,581. Thirty-nine fresh fatalities were recorded on Tuesday.
The number of active cases stands at 22,720, of which 13,178 are in home isolation.
“The demand for hospital beds has reduced significantly over the last one week. Situation is under control,” said Dr Suresh Kumar, medical director of Lok Nayak Hospital.
The Delhi government-run hospital has 2,000 Covid beds. Of them, 1,545 (77%) beds are vacant, Dr Kumar said.
The rush for ICU beds has also gone down. Data shared by the hospitals on the Delhi Corona app shows 43% of ICU beds with ventilator support and 35% ICU beds without ventilator support are vacant.
In September, the national capital saw more than one lakh Covid-19 cases, the highest in a month since March. The major reason behind this spike was the record number of tests being carried out last month — 15.2 lakh, around 50,000 a day. Nearly 75% of ICU beds for Covid-19 patients were occupied.
Deaths recorded in September stood at 917. This did not include patients who came to Delhi from other states and died during treatment. The average number of deaths due to Covid-19 recorded daily in April, May, June, July and August was 2, 14, 77, 41 and 16, respectively.
