Delhi Containment Zones: As the number of confirmed cases in Delhi violated the 1 lakh mark, the number of COVID-19 hotspots in the national capital also shot up to 455. The southwest district of the city topped the list with a total of 81 coronavirus critical points, followed by the North with 66 active containment areas.
Meanwhile, the Delhi government led by Arvind Kejriwal has said the door-to-door health survey has been completed in the city’s containment areas.
Rapid 1.82 lakh antigen tests have been conducted in Delhi since June 18 to verify the spread of COVID-19. In addition, the ambulance fleet has been increased from 337 to 602, reducing the response time to 30 minutes from 55 minutes.
Prime Minister Arvind Kejriwal said the Delhi government was doing everything possible to increase ICU bed capacity for COVID-19 patients, and numbers for these have been increased to 180 and 200 for the Hospital LNJP and the Rajiv Gandhi Super Specialty Hospital (RGSSH), respectively.
L-G Anil Baijal, on the other hand, directed the Health department to ensure that the necessary interventions were made to reduce the mortality rate, which is currently 3.09%. The recovery rate in the national capital is 71.73 percent and the doubling rate is 33.5 days.
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