Less Than 5,000 Cases recorded on Thursday
Health minister Satyendar Jain said, The coronavirus situation in Delhi is now under control and the city is expected to report less than 5,000 cases of the infection today.
Speaking to news agency ANI, he further added that the positivity rate in the national capital will also decline from the current 10 per cent.
Mr. Jain said, "The Covid situation is in control. Today Delhi reported less than 5,000 cases and the positivity rate will also come down from the existing 10 per cent."
According to Wednesday's update, The city reported 7,498 fresh coronavirus cases yesterday and 6,028 cases on Tuesday. The positivity rate was at 10.59 per cent yesterday. Active cases in Delhi stands at 38,315.
Meanwhile, a Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) meeting is set to be held today to discuss the easing of Covid restrictions in the city. Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia said yesterday the Delhi government will recommend the reopening of schools during the DDMA meeting.
In Mumbai, the test positivity rate dropped to 4.3 per cent on Wednesday. A sharp fall observed from 28.9 per cent TPR reported on January 7. On January 7, out of the 72,442 tests conducted, 20,971 samples had returned positive.
On January 10, the daily cases gradually started declining. On January 11, out of the 62,097 tests conducted, 11,647 were detected with Covid-19 with a TPR of 18.7 per cent.
A week after, on January 18, the daily cases dropped marginally with 6,149 cases from 47,700 tests at a positivity rate of 12.8 per cent.
Seven days later, on Wednesday, it was 4.3% with 1,858 positive cases from 42,315 tests conducted in Mumbai
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