Covid-19 situation in Delhi well, cases showing downward tendency: Satyendar Jain

KEY STORY

• The COVID-19 situation in the city is far better now as compared to September and the daily cases have also begun to show a downward trend, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain said on Saturday.

• Delhi was at number two but now has come down to the sixth spot in the country in terms of the number of COVID-19 cases, he told reporters.

• The Minister reiterated that the city government had significantly ramped up testing capacity due to which a rise in COVID-19 cases was recorded for a long period in September.

“But now cases have begun to come down and it’s sort of stabilised. Also, the positivity rate has fallen to less than 5.5% from 8.5-9% recorded earlier. So the situation is far better now,” he said.

• The national capital recorded 37 more COVID-19 fatalities on Friday as the toll climbed to 5,438, while 2,920 fresh cases took the tally to over 2.85 lakh, authorities said.