Delhi likely to report 20,000 fresh Covid-19 cases, no Omicron death so far, says Health Minister
Coronavirus and Omicron Delhi Update: Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain said that the national capital is estimated to report nearly 20,000 fresh Covid-19 cases on Saturday with a rise in positivity rate by 1 to 2 percent from Friday.
Delhi on Friday logged 17,335 fresh cases of Covid-19 with the positivity rate in the national capital on Friday being recorded at 17.73 percent.
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Addressing a press conference here, Satyendar Jain said, "In comparison with the second wave, at this number of active cases, there was at least 6 times more number of hospitalizations then. There are fewer admissions and less severity. The data is being compiled. Delhi will report around 20,000 fresh cases on Saturday, positivity rate to rise by 1-2 percent."
"When there were 17,000 cases reported during the second wave, there were 2500 admissions, today there are nearly 200 to 300. So, the admissions this time are very less," he added.
The Minister further said that there has not been any Omicron variant of Covid-19 detected death in the city so far.
"No patient detected with Omicron variant has died in Delhi so far," he told media. The Health Minister further informed that there are a total of 13,300 beds for the Covid-19 patients out of which 1,390 beds are occupied now.
"Almost 10 percent of the available beds are occupied till now, 90 percent are still available," he said while giving an update about coronavirus and Omicron cases in Delhi.
Asked about the healthcare workers also getting infected in the ongoing corona wave in the country, he said that most of them are in home isolation.
"When the disease is spreading, they may be getting infected as well. Most of them are in home isolation. It cannot be called an alarming situation. If we see our bulletin, healthcare workers are more than two lakh," Jain said.
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