Acording to Delhi government authorities, a committee has been
constituted for a daily audit of every fatality due to Covid-19.
The total number
of coronavirus
positive cases in India has reached 18,601 on Tuesday. And at least 590
have died due to the disease.
With 78 fresh
coronavirus cases and two deaths on Monday, the total number of Covid-19 cases
in Delhi rose to 2,081, the government authorities said. The death toll from
Covid-19 in the national capital stands at 47, with 25 victims aged 60 and
above.
Acording to Delhi
government authorities, a committee has been constituted for a daily audit of
every fatality due to Covid-19.
The city
government has acquired 42,000 such kits and after trial runs on Sunday, the
first phase of tests were conducted on Monday in a containment zone in Nabi
Karim area in central Delhi, the news agency PTI reported.
"Sixty-two Covid-19
tests using rapid (anti-bodies) test kits were conducted today in Nabi
Karim area's containment zone and all samples came out negative," a senior
official said.
The tests were
being administered only in persons showing some sort of symptoms of the
coronavirus infection, he said.
The number of
containment zones in Delhi increased to 84, with eight new ones being added,
the authorities said.
According to the
Health Department, at least 625 coronavirus patients are admitted to various
hospitals like LNJP Hospital, GTB Hospital, RML Hospital, Safdarjung Hospital,
Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital (RGSSH) and AIIMS Jhajjhar. It said 26
of them are in ICU and six on ventilator support.
As many as 32,192
people, who came in contact with affected persons, are under home-quarantine
and 20,041 have completed their 14-day quarantine, the officials said.
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