India  

COVID-19: Delhi Govt ramps up testing as cases surge

Video Credit: ANI - Duration: 01:52s - Published
COVID-19: Delhi Govt ramps up testing as cases surge

COVID-19: Delhi Govt ramps up testing as cases surge

Due to surge in COVID-19 cases in the national capital, Delhi government has increased coronavirus testing and around 85,000-90,000 tests are being conducted every day.

"There were fewer cases earlier but it has increased now.

So we have increased the number of testings and conducting 85,000-90,000 tests every day, which is more than 5% of the national average.

We are also doing contact tracing and isolation.

Hospitals have a sufficient number of beds as of now.

The occupancy is around 20% now, 80% of the beds are unoccupied.

We are monitoring this, if occupancy increases, we will increase the number of beds," said Satyendar Jain.


You Might Like


💡 newsR Knowledge: Other News Mentions

Delhi Delhi Megacity and union territory of India

Former Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal files fresh plea in trial court over sanction copy in...

Advocate Mudit Jain, appearing on behalf of Arvind Kejriwal, stated that the documents, both relied upon and unreleased, provided along with the chargesheet did..
DNA

Delhi-NCR Air Pollution: Delhi, Noida, Gurugram, Faridabad, Ghaziabad schools likely to stay closed till...

This decision was taken after Delhi's daily average AQI rose sharply to 441 on Sunday and further escalated to 457 by 7 pm which prompted an emergency meeting of..
DNA

Delhi pollution: Air quality deteriorates to 'severe' category in Delhi-NCR; AQI at 419

At 6 am on Saturday, the CPCB recorded Delhi's AQI at 419, which placed it back in the 'severe' category.
DNA

Related news from verified sources

How Delhi govt used home isolation model to contain cases during lockdown

The first Covid-19 case in Delhi was reported on March 1 and the first major surge of the pandemic...
IndiaTimes - Published

Now, random testing in Delhi for flyers from Covid spike states

People flying to Delhi from states where Covid cases are rising will now be subjected to random...
IndiaTimes - Published

How to find COVID-19 testing centres in India online using Delhi Corona, Google apps

The coronavirus pandemic is not over yet, especially as India is witnessing a surge in COVID-19...
BGR India - Published


Related videos from verified sources

Delhi's Gazipur market remains crowded despite rising COVID cases [Video]

Delhi's Gazipur market remains crowded despite rising COVID cases

Despite spike in COVID-19 cases across the country, people are barely seen following COVID norms. The wholesale fruit and vegetable market in Gazipur still continues to witness huge rush even as the..

Credit: ANI     Duration: 02:39Published
Amid COVID surge, Delhi to ramp up daily tests above 80,000 [Video]

Amid COVID surge, Delhi to ramp up daily tests above 80,000

Amid surge in COVID-19 infections, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on March 31 informed that the state government will increase the daily testing to over 80,000. 992 fresh cases were reported in..

Credit: ANI     Duration: 01:10Published
COVID cases involving children on rise [Video]

COVID cases involving children on rise

After 2 months of steady declines COVID-19 cases among children have gone up for the second week in a row. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics more than 64,000 new child COVID-19 cases were..

Credit: KTNV Channel 13 Las Vegas     Duration: 00:20Published