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The number of new coronavirus infections in Delhi rose to 5,532 on Wednesday after 428 new cases were reported in the past 24 hours, the largest single-day increase so far, the government said.
The death toll from the Covid-19 pandemic rose to 65 with one fatality after a three-day gap, according to the Delhi government.
So far, 1,542 patients have recovered, while there are 3,925 active cases, the Health Department said, adding that 84 patients were in the ICU and 12 on ventilators.
In the past 24 hours, 428 new cases of Covid-19 were reported in Delhi, bringing the number to 5,532, he said. This is by far the largest one-day increase in coronavirus infections in Delhi. The previous highest jump was 427 on May 3.
The number of containment areas in Delhi has been reduced to 88, the department said.
To date, a total of 71,934 Covid-19 tests have been performed. The number of Covid-19 patients under home isolation is 695, he said.
Health Minister Satyendar Jain told reporters that coronavirus cases now doubled in 11 days, from 13 days earlier. “This is because there were many pending reports whose results have now come out,” he said.
Jain also visited the newly built hospital in Burari with the health secretary and other department officials, with the goal of initially starting this hospital as a 450-bed Covid-19 care facility, according to the bulletin.
Of the total of 5,532 cases registered so far, at least 1,299 are admitted to various hospitals such as LNJP Hospital, RML Hospital, Safdarjung Hospital and Rajiv Gandhi Super Specialty Hospital (RGSSH) and AIIMS Jhajjhar, he said.
An order has been issued on the standard operating procedure for the transfer of asymptomatic or mild symptomatic Covid-19 patients from hospitals to care facilities, and the transfer of moderately or severely affected patients from care facilities to hospitals, according to the bulletin.
According to the statement, an order has been issued on guidelines for the effective follow-up and monitoring of people, who are suspected of being infected with Covid-19 and are being tested at various accredited laboratories in Delhi.
An order was also issued regarding the mobilization of district teams to ensure timely action and adequate follow-up of cases under isolation in the home, he added.
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