2,272 new cases reported in Delhi, 20 deaths; COVID positivity rate drops to 3.85% Delhi News – Times of India

New Delhi: At least three top public hospitals in Delhi, including AIIMS, folk hero And Guru Tegh Bahadur has decided to resume elective surgeries and regular admissions.
The decision comes in the backdrop of a steady decline in the positivity rate and new Covid-19 cases in the capital. On Friday, the city reported 2,272 fresh cases and 20 deaths, while the positivity rate fell to 3.85%. On Thursday, Delhi witnessed 2,668 new cases with a positivity rate of 4.3% and 13 deaths.
15,426. out of covid Beds in hospitals, 1,200 – 7.78% – are full. Officials said 398 patients are on oxygen support, of which 94 are on ventilators. The active case tally of Covid-19 stands at 11,716, of which 8,170 patients are in home isolation, government data shows. “Routine surgeries were suspended in the second week of January as the number of Covid-19 cases were high. But now that the cases have come down and the infection requires very few patients to be hospitalised, we have not Have decided to resume the Kovid operation,” a doctor said. Lok Nayak Hospital said.

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