Delhi past peak of 2nd COVID-19 wave

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said the national capital is past the peak of the second wave of coronavirus and the situation has been controlled to a large extent. He said the city government increased the testing exponentially to detect the infection.

“I hope the second wave will slowly pass,” Mr. Kejriwal told reporters. Testing in Delhi hit the 60,000 a day-mark in September compared to around 20,000 tests per day in August. Health authorities had reported 4,432 fresh COVID-19 cases in the city on September 17. A total of 60,014 tests – 9,564 RT-PCR tests and 50,450 rapid-antigen tests – were conducted a day before.

He also said 10,000 beds are now unoccupied in the city’s hospitals. According to official data, 5,802 beds were occupied in hospitals. The number of new coronavirus cases has remained below the 3,500-mark in the last 10 days. The average death rate for the last 10 days stands at 1.41%. – PTI