Covid-19: Positiveness rate of 3% in Delhi, government increases testing, know here the nationwide update
Covid-19 update: After the arrival of 53,480 new cases of COVID-19 in India in the last 24 hours, the total number of positive cases has increased to 1,21,49,335. After 354 new deaths, the total number of deaths is 1,62,468. The total number of active cases in the country is 5,52,566 and the total number of discharged cases is 1,14,34,301.
Till date, a total of 24,36,72,940 sample tests have been done in India for Corona virus, out of which 10,22,915 samples were tested yesterday. In Maharashtra, 27,918 new cases of COVID-19 have been reported in the last 24 hours. 23,820 people were discharged and 139 died. According to the Health Department of Chandigarh, 265 new cases of COVID19 have been reported in Chandigarh. The total number of cases has increased to 26,733.
On Tuesday, Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said, “Punjab’s positivity rate is around 9 percent. This means that you are not doing a sufficient number of tests. You are neither able to identify those who are corona positive nor are you able to isolate them. “He said” There are 3,37,928 active cases in Maharashtra. In the second week of February, on an average there were 3,000 new cases a day. Today, there are 34,000 cases a day. In Maharashtra, in the second week of February, there were 32 deaths on a single day, it has increased to 118.
On the condition of COVID-19, Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain today said that the positivity rate in Delhi has been around 3% for the last few days. He said, “In Delhi, we have increased the testing a lot, from today we will do more than 80,000 tests daily. Orders have been given to increase 220 ICU beds in private hospitals tomorrow.
Delhi’s Health Minister said, “According to the population of Delhi, there are 65 lakh people above the age of 45 years, which includes 20 lakh people above the age of 60 years. Vaccination is being started on a large scale from tomorrow. 500 vaccination centers are going on in Delhi.
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan said, “In cities and districts where there is more infection, we will run vaccination on a war footing. In districts adjoining Maharashtra, where we had banned the operation of buses till April 30, we are pushing that ban. Schools will not be opened right now ”.