Amid the rising cases of coronavirus in the national capital Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, today addressed the media in a virtual press conference to discuss about the current COVID condition.
“COVID19 cases are increasing rapidly in Delhi, but there is no need to panic. Currently, the active cases in the city are 6360. Today, 3100 new cases expected to be reported today. Only 246 hospital beds were occupied yesterday. All cases are mild and asymptomatic,” said Kejriwal.
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As of now, only 82 oxygen beds in hospitals are occupied said the CM. However, Delhi government is prepared will 37,000 beds.
Arvind Kejriwal presented data to show that despite an increase in the number of cases, bed occupancy in hospitals is even lesser than one per cent.
“I just want to tell you that all new cases are with mild symptoms, asymptomatic, so there is no need to panic,” Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal further added.Arvind Kejriwal presented data to show that despite an increase in the number of cases, bed occupancy in hospitals is even lesser than one per cent and is very low as compared to last year’s deadly second wave of coronavirus in April.
दिल्ली में कोरोना संक्रमण की वर्तमान स्थिति पर महत्वपूर्ण प्रेस कॉन्फ़्रेंस | LIVE https://t.co/qliIQHzdx0
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) January 2, 2022
“Active COVID-19 cases rose from about 2,000 on December 29, 2021 to 6,000 on January 1, but the number of patients in hospitals dipped during this period. On December 29, 2021 as many as 262 beds were occupied while on January 1 it was 247 only,” Kejriwal said in a virtual press conference.
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He said that on March 27 last year, Delhi had 6,600 active cases and 1,150 oxygen beds were occupied. As many as 145 patients were on ventilator compared to five now, he said.
“Currently, the number of active cases in the city is 6,360 and today (Sunday) 3,100 new cases are expected to be reported. All cases are mild and in most of them patients don’t need hospitalisation,” the CM said.
