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Delhi govt to hold meeting amid rise in COVID-19 cases

On the instructions of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Health Minister Saurabh Bhardwaj called an emergency meeting regarding Coronavirus.

The people of Delhi had almost forgotten the Corona Epidemic, but for the last few days, the rapid increase in the cases of covid-19 has once again shocked everyone. Keeping this in mind, the Kejriwal government has again come into action mode against Corona. On the instructions of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Health Minister Saurabh Bhardwaj has called an emergency meeting regarding the corona infection.

Delhi’s Health Minister Saurabh Bhardwaj will hold a serious consultation on this issue with the officials and specialist doctors associated with the Health Department on Thursday afternoon. The emergency meeting will be attended by the Special Secretary, Health Department, Director of General Health Services, Nodal Officer for Oxygen and Testing and Medical Directors of several hospitals, including LNJP.

The cases of Corona are increasing rapidly in the country’s capital Delhi for the last few days. On Wednesday, 300 new cases of Corona were reported. The corona infection rate in Delhi has reached close to 14 per cent, which is quite high.

Meanwhile, there is also information about the death of two corona patients. According to the data released by the Delhi Health Department, 2,160 tests of Corona were done during the last 24 hours. Of these, 300 cases were found positive. In this context, the corona infection rate in Delhi has increased to 13.89 per cent.

On Tuesday, 214 cases of Corona were reported in Delhi. At the same time, the positivity rate was more than 11 per cent. A Corona test of 1,811 people was done on March 29, out of which 214 positive cases were found. Let us tell you that according to the data released by the Union Health Ministry, till Thursday, the number of people who died of Corona in India has increased to five lakh 30 thousand 862. The number of active patients is 13,509.

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