Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said the capital has taken a significant step in the fight against COVID-19 by giving the first dose of the vaccine to 100% of its eligible population.
According to Mr Kejriwal, 148.33 lakh citizens have been vaccinated with at least one dose so far and more than 1.035 crore people have received the second dose. He saluted all the healthcare and frontline workers for their contribution in this cause.
The Chief Minister said that Delhi is largely safe from the virus and the government is ready to deal with the Omicron variant at every level.
easy access
Apart from hospitals, immunization services were made available in schools and mohalla clinics besides drive-thru centers so that people can get the vaccine easily, the government said.
Mr Kejriwal had held a high-level review meeting at the Delhi Secretariat on Thursday and issued important instructions to officials to deal with the Omicron version. Instructions were given to make adequate arrangements regarding strengthening of hospitals, beds, medicines, oxygen and home isolation. It was also decided to increase the testing capacity in the review meeting.
After the meeting, the government said, Delhi will be able to conduct three lakh tests per day if required and the government is preparing for the possibility of reporting one lakh cases per day.
upgrade facilities
According to the government, it currently has a capacity of 1,100 domestic trips per day, which will be increased to one lakh in the near future, 15 tankers are being used to transport oxygen and will be available in Delhi within the next three weeks. .
Since antibodies were found in more than 95% of the population in the sero survey, the government estimated the likelihood of an Omicron type outbreak to be ‘moderate’.
Lt Governor Anil Baijal chaired an important meeting regarding implementation of COVID appropriate behavior across the city. He advised the Delhi Police Commissioner and Divisional Commissioner (Revenue) to ensure strict compliance of COVID Appropriate Practices as per the latest DDMA guidelines. A source said that all police officers and field functionaries have been directed to strictly implement the DDMA order dated December 15 in letter and spirit.
upward trend
Meanwhile, the city continued its upward trend with 180 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the highest in more than six months.
According to the government bulletin, the total number of cases rises to 14,42,813. According to official figures, 67 cases of Omicron type have been reported so far, and 23 of them have been discharged.
A total of 62,697 tests were conducted in a day and the test positivity rate (TPR) was 0.29%, which is the highest in almost six months. No new COVID-19 related death was reported in the last 24 hours and the total number of deaths stood at 25,103. Out of the total cases, 14,16,928 people have been cured and 782 are active cases.
After peaking in November last year, the number of new COVID-19 cases fell through December, January and most of February last year. People started finding it difficult to get beds in hospitals from mid-April and the TPR reached 36.2% on April 22 and has been down since then.
The highest daily new cases in Delhi so far were reported on April 20, when 28,325 cases were reported.
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