Delhi: Covid hospitalisations go up as cases spike

India

oi-Deepika S

New
Delhi,
Aug
16:
Hospitalisations
are
up
in
Delhi
as
the
city
reports
a
surge
in
coronavirus
cases,
authorities
warned
on
Tuesday,
urging
people
to
adhere
to
Covid-appropriate
behaviour.

“We
are
witnessing
a
rise
in
COVID19
infections,
consistently
high
positivity
&
cases
of
reinfection.
It
is
essential
that
we
realise
that
the
pandemic
is
far
from
over.
I
appeal
to
all
to
strictly
adhere
to
COVID
Appropriate
Behaviour.
We
cannot
afford
to
let
our
guards
down,”
Delhi
Lieutenant
Governor
V
K
Saxena
said
in
a
tweet.

“The
recovery
rate
is
good,
but
cases
are
rising
and
hospitalisation
has
picked
up.
Over
500
(Covid)
beds
are
occupied
at
the
moment
of
the
9,000.
Over
20
of
the
2,129
ICU
beds
are
occupied.
65
patients
on
are
ventilation
at
the
moment,”
Public
health
expert
Dr
Suneela
Garg,
a
member
of
the
Lancet
Commission,
told
NDTV.

“There
is
no
need
to
panic,
but
this
is
a
marker
of
caution,”
she
added.

Delhi
on
Monday
reported
1,227
fresh
COVID-19
cases
with
a
positivity
rate
of
14.57
per
cent,
while
eight
more
people
succumbed
to
the
disease,
according
to
official
data.

Before
this,
the
city
logged
more
than
2,000
cases
for
12
consecutive
days.

As
of
Monday,
Delhi’s
COVID-19
caseload
stood
at
19,85,822
and
the
death
toll
at
26,389,
according
to
official
data.