Delhi government said it changed its anti-Corona strategy through aggressive tracing and testing
New Delhi:
Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain said on Thursday that the AAP government had changed its anti-Corona strategy by conducting aggressive research and testing in the city, citing this as one of the reasons for the sudden rise in cases of COVID-19 in the past few days.
Mr Jain said it may be a third wave, but it is too early to say conclusively. He said it took another week to see the trends before declaring the wave a third wave.
Amid the holiday season and rising pollution levels, Delhi on Wednesday recorded more than 5,600 cases of COVID-19, the first time the number has crossed 5,000 in the nation’s capital.
Speaking to reporters about the new strategy which he said would be the “best strategy” to contain the virus, Jain said the Delhi government has started to conduct aggressive research and testing of all family members and children. close contact with people found infected with the novel. coronavirus.
“And we are sometimes testing them twice after an interval of 4-5 days. We don’t want to leave any positive cases … we have changed our strategy, which is why the number of cases has increased. that this strategy would be successful, ”Jain said.
Asked whether the government would sooner test family members of those found positive for COVID-19, the health minister said authorities would only test those who showed symptoms coronavirus type.
“Our main goal is that no case (COVID-19) should be left for testing. You can see an increase in the number of cases, but it is a good strategy and its results should be seen soon,” he said. he says.
Asked about the figure of 15,000 cases per day projected by experts in the coming months, Mr Jain said: “Figures have been projected by experts on the surge in daily COVID-19 cases, but it may be that he does not reach that level. However, we want to be fully prepared. “
According to Wednesday’s bulletin, 5,665 beds were occupied and 10,100 still vacant in COVID-19 hospitals, Jain said.
He said the number of RT-PCR tests, considered the gold standard for COVID-19 testing, was also increasing in the nation’s capital.
Officials cited some reasons – the holiday season, cold, increased RT-PCR testing and complacency to follow anti-coronavirus measures – for the peak in cases.
Mr Jain said the death situation from COVID-19 is now good in the nation’s capital.
According to the health bulletin released on Wednesday, 40 deaths were reported, while 44 deaths were recorded on Tuesday, 54 deaths on Monday and 33 deaths on Sunday.
“Daily mortality is one thing, but if we look at the 10-day moving average, the death rate is 0.99% and the overall case fatality rate is 1.73%,” Jain said.
Regarding the LNJP Hospital Resident Doctors Association requesting the resumption of non-COVID-19 services, Mr Jain said: “We will look at this after Diwali.”
As of Wednesday, 5,673 new cases emerged from the 60,571 tests carried out the day before, with the Delhi government increasing RT-PCR testing, which stood at 17,284.
It is the first time that the number of daily cases in Delhi has crossed the 5,000 mark. The previous highest one-day peak of 4,853 cases was recorded on Tuesday.
The number of new cases recorded on Monday stood at 2,832 and 4,136 on Sunday, while the figures were 4,116 on Saturday and 4,086 on Friday. The number of active cases Wednesday rose to 29,378 from 27,873 the day before, according to the bulletin. He said the total number of cases had risen to 3,70,014.
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