With 6,725 new Covid-19 cases recorded in the past 24 hours, Delhi witnessed its highest peak in a single day since Tuesday’s outbreak. Daily cases in the national capital exceeded 6,000 for the first time.
The total count after today’s record peak in cases surpassed 4 lakh-mark to 4,03,096, according to data from the Delhi government.
Along with that, a total of 48 virus-related deaths have been reported since Monday, bringing the death toll to 6,652, it added.
The total number of cases includes 3,60,069 recoveries, of which 3,610 patients recovered in the last 24 hours. Active cases stand at 36,375.
Amid the sudden increase in cases in recent days, the Center on Monday reviewed the situation of the spread of the pandemic in the national capital and decided to concentrate efforts on certain key areas, such as the specific tests of RT-PCR Covid-19 in sensitive and sensitive areas. critical areas such as restaurants, markets, hairdressers / salons, etc., among other things.
The recent increase in the number of active cases was attributed to the festival season, which has seen increased movement of people, accompanied by lax adherence to the basic principles of safe COVID behavior, the MHA said in a statement. .
The strategy to contain the spread of COVID-19 in Delhi, especially considering the festival season and decreasing temperatures accompanied by increasing pollution, was discussed extensively with representatives of the MoHFW and the health experts who were present at the meeting.
Meanwhile, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday that Kerala, Delhi, West Bengal and Manipur have shown an increase in the number of active COVID-19 cases between October 3 and November 3, while Maharashtra , Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh were the main states that registered a decrease in active infections during the same period.
At a press conference, the Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said that there has been a continuous decline in the daily average of new COVID-19 cases, as well as deaths over the past seven weeks, due to which “Health systems were not unnecessarily overloaded and there was less pressure on hospitals.”
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