According to daily health bulletins, Kovid-19 cases have started increasing gradually in Delhi-NCR and Mumbai. In the national capital Delhi, the daily Covid cases stood at 299 and the positivity rate rose to 2.49% on Wednesday. In the last two days, 501 new cases have been reported in the city, taking the number of active cases to 814. Although hospital beds are still vacant, only 43 of the 9,745 Covid beds in hospitals are occupied.
of Delhi Neighboring Noida and Gurugram have also seen a rise in daily coronavirus cases. Yesterday Gurugram registered 128 new COVID-19 cases after almost 40 days. The active caseload has climbed to 325. The city has recorded 729 Covid-19 cases so far.
Children in Noida are often getting infected with the corona virus. Yesterday 10 more children tested positive for Covid-19. A total of 20 students have been infected with Kovid-19 in a week.
One of the schools, which on Monday reported infection to 13 children and three teachers, has gone to online mode by next week.
According to official data, since the outbreak of the pandemic in March 2020, a total of 98,743 people in Gautam Buddh Nagar have tested positive for COVID-19, while 490 of them have died due to the infection.
separately, Mumbai Wednesday saw 73 new cases of Kovid-19 – the highest in a day since March 17 this year. According to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), the city is witnessing a slight increase in the daily Covid case count, with 23 cases on Monday and 52 on Tuesday. However, the city has not reported any Covid-related death in the last three days. Mumbai’s positivity rate has increased to 0.007%.
Tomorrow Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya Also reviewed the situation in view of rising COVID-19 cases and fear of emerging XE variants. In a meeting with senior officials, the Health Minister directed to promote new forms and surveillance and surveillance of cases.
Mandaviya stressed the need for caution as the pandemic is not over yet.