"Covid Situation Grim But People Should Not Panic": Delhi Health Minister

Sunday, 18 April 2021Newsdesk

Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain today warned that the situation was critical on the Covid-19 front in the national capital. He, however, said there was no need to panic yet as there were several potential solutions to handle the situation. Speaking at the NDTV Solutions Summit, he said the number of fresh cases coming in daily now is as much as the cumulative figure for months together. Sections of populations that escaped the last time, he said, are now being hit. Delhi is conducting one lakh tests a day, the minister said.

New Delhi, 18 April 2021

As per news report of NDTV, "The positivity rate is very high now. The numbers are increasing. It is unprecedented. It was difficult to imagine these numbers. Yesterday, Delhi had 24,375 new cases. Today, too, such a number is expected," Mr Jain told NDTV."There are 3-4 solutions. Look, in Delhi, we have increased the number of beds from 6,000 to 17,000 over the past few days. The expansion had been quick, although occupancy remains too high despite that," he said. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has called a cabinet meeting today amid a huge surge in Covid cases. Yesterday, the state government flagged a shortage in oxygen and Remdesivir, the drug administered to Covid patients under critical conditions. The government is desperately trying to scale up the number of available hospital beds, too.

Source -NDTV