COVID-19 positivity rate has increased to 30 pc in Delhi: Arvind Kejriwal ANI | Updated: Apr 18, 2021 13:02 IST
New Delhi [India], April 18 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday said the positivity rate of COVID-19 tests in the national capital has increased to 30 per cent from 24 per cent in the last 24 hours. He also requested the Central government to reserve at least 7,000 hospital beds for COVID patients in the city.
Addressing a press conference, the Chief Minister said, Around 25,000 COVID-19 cases were reported in Delhi in the last 24 hours. The major concern is the positivity rate that has increased to 30 per cent from 24 per cent in the last 24 hours. The cases are rising very fast. The beds are getting exhausted very quickly. There has been a shortage of ICU beds. There are less than 100 ICU beds are left in Delhi.
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New Delhi, Apr 18 (UNI) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday said that he has again urged the Centre to reserve at least 7,000 of 10,000 beds in the Central government hospitals for Covid patients as less than 100 ICU beds are now left in the national capital due to a drastic rise in the fresh cases. A large number of patients are being admitted to hospitals and we are falling short of ICU beds. In Delhi, we are now left with less than 100 ICU beds, Mr Kejriwal said in a digital press conference.
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The Union Ministry for Health and Family Welfare on Saturday said that there has been a sharp growth in the number of deaths. New cases of coronavirus are also growing at 1.3 times higher than June 2020, it said. In a meeting of health ministers from 11 states and union territories chaired by Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan, the minister said, India is currently reporting the sharpest growth rate of 7.6 per cent in new COVID cases, which is 1.3 times higher than case growth rate of 5.5 per cent reported in June 2020. This is leading to an alarming rise in the daily number of active cases, which currently stand at 1
Appealing to the Centre for help, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal said there are less than 100 ICU beds for Covid-19 patients in the national capital. Isolation centres in stadiums and schools are being revived, said the Chief Minister.
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Appealing to the Centre for help, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal said there are less than 100 ICU beds for Covid-19 patients in the national capital. Isolation centres in stadiums and schools are being revived, said the Chief Minister.
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Medics attending to Covid-19 patients at a banquet hall, temporarily converted into an isolation ward near LNJP Hospital in Delhi (Photo Credits: PTI)
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