December 23, 2024

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Authorities step up measures to deal with rising COVID-19 cases in Delhi

Authorities have ramped up measures to tackle the current spike in COVID-19 cases in Delhi. Deploying more people for monitoring home isolation cases. Ensure genome sequencing of COVID-19 cases to detect the emergence of new variants. Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena had directed officials on Monday. According to a government doctor posted in the west district, they have directed all public health centers in the district to increase the number of teams deployed for monitoring home isolation cases.

Delhi’s single-day COVID-19 infections breached the 1000 mark on Tuesday. It logged 1,118 cases, with a positivity rate of 6.50 percent and two fatalities. It was on May 10 that the national capital had last recorded more than one thousand cases.