Coronavirus cases eclipse 11 thousand mark; two new zones of containment added in New Delhi, The New Indian Express



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Express News Service

NEW DELHI: With 534 new COVID cases, Delhi has registered a new record in terms of the highest single day peak of new cases until the time. Overcoming the Tuesday the figure of 500, the capital of the country registered more than 1,000 new cases in the span of 48 hours.

According to the daily health bulletin presented on Wednesday, there has been more than 10 deaths, with the death toll rising to 176 in the city. However, the rate of recovery of the positive patients were also maintained on the upper side 442 to recover the Wednesday, according to the bulletin. Due to the high rate of recovery, which is around 46 per cent, of the active cases in the state remained well above the 5 thousand mark.

Meanwhile, after a gap of more than 20 days, there have been additions to the list of areas of contention. Two new areas have been contained in the district South – Dakshinpuri in Hauz Khas and Zamrudpur GK. Until 11 pm, the state government had not revealed the cool of the list of areas of contention. Cases have been reported in Dakshinpuri because some houses falling in the area of Gali of F block have been contained.

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“Several outbreaks of Covid-19 have been reported at 90C and 64C of Zamrudpur, Greater Kailash and, therefore, according to expert medical opinion to the public interest and safety and to prevent the spread of the community, the area of the Main Road to 64C with the entire street of 90C has been contained,” said the order. In recent days, a number of containment areas is sealed and prior to the addition of these two areas, there were 75 of containment in areas of the city.

State Health secretary Padmini Singla had issued an order for a couple of days for the District Judges to update the list of containment in areas of the city. When you go through the numbers in terms of the spread of the virus, Singla stated that he had noticed 300-400 fresh new cases reported each day, but the declaration equivalent of ‘containment of the areas of the district judges was not taking place. The guide to declare an area as a zone of contention is fairly simple. Any area with three or more COVID positive cases is to be declared an area of containment on the part of the authorities. Messages for the status of the DMs in search of his response to the order was unattended.

Government Defines the areas of the city

The Delhi government has defined the red, orange and green areas of the national capital. Previously, all 11 districts were in the ‘red zone’, but has now been reduced to eight. Depending on the crown of patient positive of the load in a specific area of a zone that is decided by the local authorities. The Delhi health department has begun to delimit the number of zones and all the-contents of the areas fall under Green Areas where there is no active coronavirus cases.

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