NEW DELHI: The sharp increase in Covid-19 cases in the national capital will “stabilize” after about ten days, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain said, claiming that the home isolation policy has proven be a “game changer” to control the rise. , a strategy that the city government will continue to apply.
In an interview with the PTI, the minister said there was no need to panic and added that “the current situation is much better than in June”, when the city witnessed a large wave of infections.
“One of the main reasons we are seeing an increase in the number of new cases is because we are being aggressive when it comes to testing. We have been testing in markets, crowded places, mohalla clinics, hospitals and many others. places.
“The scale of testing per day has almost quadrupled from June,” Jain said, noting that Delhi is testing more per million people than any other state.
The total number of tests performed as of September 7 in Delhi is 18,03,466, and the number of tests performed per million was 94,919, according to the Delhi health department.
The minister also claimed that if the city government slows down coronavirus testing, the number of new cases may decrease, but Covid-19 will continue for a long time.
The city had witnessed a massive increase in the number of coronavirus infections in June. Most days of the month registered new cases above 2,000 or 3,000. While on June 20, 3,630 confirmed cases were recorded with 77 deaths, on June 23, up to 3,947 positive cases were recorded in the highest peak in a day in Delhi to date, with 68 deaths.
In July, cases were reported in the range of 1000-2000 daily. The situation improved a bit in August, as the daily count ranged in the range of 600-2000, and only on August 30 there were cases that exceeded 2,000.
However, September saw a sharp rise with as many as 18,778 new coronavirus cases reported in the first week alone, including 3,256 Covid-19 on Sunday, the highest single-day peak here in 72 days as the city moved toward two lakh- mark with more than 4,599 deaths due to Covid-19 so far.
“There is an increase in the number of cases, but the fact is that we have also increased the scale of the tests, since we do not want to leave a single infected person untracked, including asymptomatic ones. This increase will come in the next 10 to 15 days, and the cases will stabilize and stabilize by then, “Jain said.
The Delhi Health Minister stressed that the strategy of “testing, tracing, isolation and treatment” was still vigorously pursued along with “aggressive contact tracing”.
In June, the Delhi government had taken a series of measures for the management of Covid-19, including the installation of large and luxurious hotels in facilities dedicated to the coronavirus and the reservation of beds for Covid-19 patients in private hospitals to contain increasing.
Senior Deputy Minister Manish Sisodia estimated in June that there could be 5.5 lakh of coronavirus cases in the city by July 3 and that the city will need 80,000 beds by the end of that month.
When asked about the government’s most effective strategy that helped contain the surge, Jain said: “Domestic isolation was our most important strategy and it turned out to be a game changer. We are on the right track and will continue to apply that strategy to achieve Management of Covid-19 “.
The Delhi government has significantly increased testing in recent days, except for August 31, when more than 14,000 tests were conducted and 1,358 new cases were reported. While 14,389 people were tested on August 30 and 1,358 confirmed cases were registered, on September 6 the number of tests increased to 36,046 and 3,256 positive cases were reported.
Under its home isolation policy, the Delhi government has been monitoring the condition of patients through teleconsultation facilities and has also distributed oximeters to help them monitor their oxygen level.
According to official figures, there has been an 80 percent increase in the number of Covid-19 home isolation cases in the national capital between August 21 (5,818) and September 5 (10,514).
Home isolation figures on July 1 stood at 16,703 with 437 containment zones marked in the city. As of July 31, while the home isolation count had dropped to 5,763, containment zones had increased to 692, according to official data.
On August 3, the number of Covid-19 patients in home isolation and the containment zone count dropped to 5,577 and 496, respectively.
Since the last week of August, the number of cases of home isolation and containment areas have been counted, both have steadily increased. On September 7, the number of home isolation cases and containment zone counts increased to 11,613 and 1,114, respectively.
In an interview with the PTI, the minister said there was no need to panic and added that “the current situation is much better than in June”, when the city witnessed a large wave of infections.
“One of the main reasons we are seeing an increase in the number of new cases is because we are being aggressive when it comes to testing. We have been testing in markets, crowded places, mohalla clinics, hospitals and many others. places.
“The scale of testing per day has almost quadrupled from June,” Jain said, noting that Delhi is testing more per million people than any other state.
The total number of tests performed as of September 7 in Delhi is 18,03,466, and the number of tests performed per million was 94,919, according to the Delhi health department.
The minister also claimed that if the city government slows down coronavirus testing, the number of new cases may decrease, but Covid-19 will continue for a long time.
The city had witnessed a massive increase in the number of coronavirus infections in June. Most days of the month registered new cases above 2,000 or 3,000. While on June 20, 3,630 confirmed cases were recorded with 77 deaths, on June 23, up to 3,947 positive cases were recorded in the highest peak in a day in Delhi to date, with 68 deaths.
In July, cases were reported in the range of 1000-2000 daily. The situation improved a bit in August, as the daily count ranged in the range of 600-2000, and only on August 30 there were cases that exceeded 2,000.
However, September saw a sharp rise with as many as 18,778 new coronavirus cases reported in the first week alone, including 3,256 Covid-19 on Sunday, the highest single-day peak here in 72 days as the city moved toward two lakh- mark with more than 4,599 deaths due to Covid-19 so far.
“There is an increase in the number of cases, but the fact is that we have also increased the scale of the tests, since we do not want to leave a single infected person untracked, including asymptomatic ones. This increase will come in the next 10 to 15 days, and the cases will stabilize and stabilize by then, “Jain said.
The Delhi Health Minister stressed that the strategy of “testing, tracing, isolation and treatment” was still vigorously pursued along with “aggressive contact tracing”.
In June, the Delhi government had taken a series of measures for the management of Covid-19, including the installation of large and luxurious hotels in facilities dedicated to the coronavirus and the reservation of beds for Covid-19 patients in private hospitals to contain increasing.
Senior Deputy Minister Manish Sisodia estimated in June that there could be 5.5 lakh of coronavirus cases in the city by July 3 and that the city will need 80,000 beds by the end of that month.
When asked about the government’s most effective strategy that helped contain the surge, Jain said: “Domestic isolation was our most important strategy and it turned out to be a game changer. We are on the right track and will continue to apply that strategy to achieve Management of Covid-19 “.
The Delhi government has significantly increased testing in recent days, except for August 31, when more than 14,000 tests were conducted and 1,358 new cases were reported. While 14,389 people were tested on August 30 and 1,358 confirmed cases were registered, on September 6 the number of tests increased to 36,046 and 3,256 positive cases were reported.
Under its home isolation policy, the Delhi government has been monitoring the condition of patients through teleconsultation facilities and has also distributed oximeters to help them monitor their oxygen level.
According to official figures, there has been an 80 percent increase in the number of Covid-19 home isolation cases in the national capital between August 21 (5,818) and September 5 (10,514).
Home isolation figures on July 1 stood at 16,703 with 437 containment zones marked in the city. As of July 31, while the home isolation count had dropped to 5,763, containment zones had increased to 692, according to official data.
On August 3, the number of Covid-19 patients in home isolation and the containment zone count dropped to 5,577 and 496, respectively.
Since the last week of August, the number of cases of home isolation and containment areas have been counted, both have steadily increased. On September 7, the number of home isolation cases and containment zone counts increased to 11,613 and 1,114, respectively.
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