Seems peak of Covid 3rd wave in Delhi has gone past: Health Minister

The national capital reported 28,867 fresh Covid-19 cases on January 13, the sharpest single-day spike here since the outbreak of the pandemic

The third wave of Covid-19 appeared to have gone past in the national capital but it is not time yet to lower the guard, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain said on Thursday.

He said the capital witnessed a record surge in cases with 28,867 cases registered on January 13 and the positivity rate climbing over 30 per cent on January 14 and 15.

"That spike which Delhi saw can be considered as the peak of the Covid wave and it seems that we are past the peak now. The number of daily cases has come down in the last few days. Over 13,000 cases were recorded yesterday with a positivity rate of close to 24 per cent. And today, the number of cases is less than that," he said.

On Wednesday, the capital witnessed 13,785 cases with a positivity rate of 23.86 per cent after conducting 57,776 tests. However on January 13, there were 98,832 tests and the positivity rate was 29.21 per cent.

On January 14 and 15, the positivity rate was at 30.64 per cent but the cases had come down to 24,383 and 20,718 cases respectively.

With the number of tests coming down by around 40 per cent in a week, the number of cases have come down drastically but the positivity rate has remained over 20 per cent.

Jain said it was not time to say that the city is out of the danger zone and there is a need to watch the trend.

Asked about easing restrictions, he said they will have to monitor the situation in the coming days before taking a decision.

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