Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Wednesday that the national capital is reporting a “third wave” of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak.
The CM said the Delhi government would move the Supreme Court (SC) later on Wednesday to overturn the suspension imposed by the Delhi High Court (HC) on the city administration’s order to reserve 80% of the intensive care unit (ICU) beds for Covid-19 patients in 33 private hospitals.
The statement is significant, as the Delhi government had previously argued that it would wait a week to decide whether a third wave has hit the national capital.
The CM statement came after Delhi reported 6,725 new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday and the overall count surpassed 400,000.
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Kejriwal said he would hold a meeting to review the management of Covid-19 on Thursday.
“I want to inform the public that Delhi is reporting an increase in Covid-19 cases in recent days. I would call this a third wave of the pandemic in the city because at the end of September and beginning of October, the daily cases of Covid-19 had started to drop below 3,000, ”Kejriwal told the media in the village from Hiranki, where he visited to check the effectiveness of the biodecomposition process of converting stubble into manure.
The CM also urged the public not to panic and assured that it is closely monitoring the situation.
“At present, there is no shortage of Covid-19 beds in Delhi. There is no shortage of any type of health infrastructure in the national capital. It has come to our knowledge that in large private hospitals, only a few ICU beds with ventilators are empty. The problem will be resolved in one or two days once the SC cancels the stay by the HC, ”Kejriwal said.
The Delhi government would take a call on Thursday if firecrackers would be allowed on this Diwali, he added. Diwali will be celebrated on November 14.
“The meeting will discuss a range of topics, such as allowing firecrackers to have Covid-19 beds available, especially those in ICUs. The meeting is scheduled for 4 pm, ”Kejriwal said.
Delhi’s positivity rate on Tuesday stood at 11.29% as fears abound that SARS-CoV-2, which causes Covid-19, is spreading at an unprecedented rate in the middle of the season. festive season and increasing pollution due to stubble burning in neighboring agrarian states such as Haryana and Punjab and parts of western Uttar Pradesh (UP).
Generally, an increasing positivity rate suggests an inadequate number of tests.
The Delhi government bulletin on Tuesday stated that of the 59,540 swab samples tested in the past 24 hours, 13,560 were reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) tests, which was the sample size of RT. -Lowest PCR in the last three weeks.
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