Less than 1,500 COVID-19
cases for 13th straight day
Officials told to furnish all relevant details in ex gratia cases
As many as 1,035 new COVID19 cases were reported
in Delhi in the past 24 hours,
taking the total to 1,33,310,
according to a health bulletin released by the Delhi government on Wednesday. Also, 26 more deaths were
reported in a single day, taking the toll to 3,907. Of the
total cases, 1,18,633 people
have recovered and there
are now 10,770 active cases.
Meanwhile, the Revenue
Department has issued an
order asking departments to
furnish all details when seeking compensation of ₹1 crore
for family of people who
have died due to COVID19,
and pointed out that there
was pendency due to this.
“It is observed that the administrative departments of
the deceased send the case
without enclosing requisite
documents, which causes
delay in processing,” read an
order issued on Monday.
The number of new cases
has been less than 1,500 for
the past 13 days.
Active cases have also
been decreasing, from
27,007 on July 1 to 10,770 — a
drop of 60%.
A total of 17,392 tests were
conducted in the past 24
hours out of which 70.8%
were rapid antigen tests,
which have shown low positivity in the city compared to
RTPCR tests.
The number of people admitted to COVID19 hospitals
has decreased from 5,892 on
July 1 to 3,028 on Wednesday. In the same period, the
number of COVID19 patients in home isolation has
decreased from 16,703 to
5,894.
The positivity rate, which
is the percentage of people
who test positive for the virus, has dropped from 12.2%
to 5.9%.
The number of containment zones, meanwhile, increased to 704 on Wednesday; compared to 461 on
June 22, when the government decided to redesign
the zones.
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