As the national capital Delhi is witnessing an alarming rise in Covid-19 cases, a rise of nearly 50%, a survey conducted by LocalCircle revealed that only 11% of Delhi residents believed compliance. was effective. The survey further stated that seven percent of the people said that social distancing is being followed in their area.
This information comes at a time when a new, more Infectious Omicron Sub-Version (BA 2.75) has been detected in most of the samples taken from Covid patients in Delhi as part of a study at LNJP Hospital, news agency. PTI informed of.
Eight people died due to coronavirus in Delhi on Wednesday, the highest in nearly 180 days, and 2,146 new cases with a positivity rate of 17.83 per cent, according to data shared by the health department.
Local social network ‘LocalCircle’ conducted the survey in the national capital with 6,291 respondents for three categories – mask compliance, type of mask used and social distancing.
Of the 2,102 people surveyed for mask compliance, 33 percent of respondents said that although they had masks, they did not want to wear them, while 31 percent said they had stopped wearing masks altogether. About 25 percent of the people said they rarely wore a mask, while about 11 percent said they used a mask all the time.
Of the 2,091 people surveyed, 53 percent said they wore masks made of cloth, 26 percent used disposable masks and seven percent wore N-95s.
‘LocalCircle’ asked 2,098 people if they followed social distancing. Of these, 51 percent said that they do not follow the practice at all, while 34 percent said that its compliance is very low. Only seven percent of respondents said social distancing was effective in their area.
Amidst the spike in cases during the last week, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal The U.S. had on Tuesday said that though the cases were increasing, there was no need to panic as most of the new infections were mild in nature.
According to official data, Delhi has recorded 40 deaths due to COVID-19 so far this month, an almost three-fold increase compared to the last 10 days of July, when 14 people succumbed to their injuries.
During the third wave of the pandemic, the number of daily COVID-19 cases in Delhi touched a high of 28,867 on January 13.
Delhi has made face wear mask/cover Those violating mandatory and mask guidelines in all public places will be fined 500, news agency ANI reported. However, penalty under this provision shall not apply to persons traveling together in private four wheelers.
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