Guwahati: Delhi health minister Saurabh Bhardwaj has scheduled an emergency meeting on Thursday afternoon due to an increase in COVID-19 cases.
“Health Minister Saurabh Bhardwaj will hold a meeting with the officers and specialist doctors associated with the health department this afternoon,” officials said.
The Special Secretary, Health Department, Director of General Health Services, Nodal Officer for Oxygen and Testing and Medical Directors of several hospitals including Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan (LNJP) will be present in the meeting.
As many as 300 COVID-19 instances were reported in the nation’s capital in the past 24 hours, according to a bulletin released by the Delhi health department.
Moreover, there were two documented COVID deaths.
The alert states that there are currently 806 active Covid cases in the nation’s capital, with a 13.89% infection rate. Within the past 24 hours, up to 2,160 swab samples were analysed, of which 300 yielded positive results for Covid-19.
Furthermore, the statement states that 4,07,85,433 Covid tests have been completed to date.
It said that a total of 163 Covid patients had recovered from the infection in the previous day, bringing the overall recovery rate to 19,82,029 individuals.
The nation’s capital reported 214 new Covid infections earlier on Tuesday.