Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Thursday said that the third wave of COVID-19 is on the verge of being finished in Delhi.
While addressing a press meet, he said, “The death rate of COVID will decrease slowly. The shortage of ICU beds will be addressed soon. ICU beds are used for emergency purposes and also for COVID patients. In Delhi, 13,000 beds are lying vacant. Delhi is the largest state with so many vacant beds. We have 18,800 beds in hospitals in total.”
“During the last seven days, Delhi has reported less than 5 pc positivity rate. The positivity rate of RT-PCR tests is also lower. Delhi has registered a downfall of about 80% positive cases. There were speculations that pollution and pandemic might increase the positivity rate. Thankfully, such is not the case. ”
The positivity rate in Delhi today is 2.46%. Since 7th November , positivity rate is gradually decreasing.
In last 14 days active case reduced to half to 18753.
The third wave is finally fading, but it is not over yet. I urge you all to take all precautions and stay safe! pic.twitter.com/vqZKX6hG7v— Satyendar Jain (@SatyendarJain) December 10, 2020
Taking about the vaccine trials, he said, “No vaccine has been approved by the central government yet. As per guidelines, healthcare and frontline workers will be vaccinated first. Delhi people need not be worried as Delhi government is well-equipped. We have also got some cold storage facility for vaccines as well.”
Taking briefly about the farmer protests, he said, “The Centre should try and resolve the issues of the farmers.”
About 2,463 new Covid-19 cases were reported in the national capital in the last 24 hours, according to Delhi state health bulletin, on Wednesday.
🏥Delhi Health Bulletin – 10th December 2020🏥#DelhiFightsCorona pic.twitter.com/c7lH1MBdlh
— CMO Delhi (@CMODelhi) December 10, 2020
While talking about the beds available in the hospitals, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain said that there are a total of 18,800 COVID-19 beds in the national capital of which over 13,000 are vacant currently.
“There is no other city in the country that has so many vacant beds. COVID numbers fluctuate, so it is important that trend gets stabilized,” he added.