INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
There has been an increase of 45 percent in the number of containment zones in the National Capital in the last 10
days
New Delhi: Delhi registered a record single-day spike of 4,473 COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, taking the city's total
number of infection to over 2.3 lakh, while 33 more deaths were reported, authorities said.The previous highest single-day spike of 4,321
cases was recorded on 12 September.The city's total COVID-19 cases has reached 2,30,269 and the toll mounted to 4,839, according to the
latest bulletin issued by the Delhi health department.Four of the 33 new deaths reported on Wednesday are from the previous day, it said.On
Tuesday, Delhi's COVID-19 toll stood at 4,806
The active cases on Wednesday rose to 30,914 from 29,787 on the previous day, the bulletin said.The number of containment zones in Delhi
jumped to 1,637 on Wednesday from 1,560 on Tuesday
There has been an increase of 45 percent in the number of containment zones in the National Capital in the last 10 days, while home
isolation cases have jumped to 16,576 over the same period, according to official data.To further augment the availability of beds for
COVID-19 patients in Delhi, the city government has decided to declare DDU Hospital and BSA Hospital partially designated COVID hospitals
for admitting confirmed and suspected cases.Medical directors and superintendents of the two hospitals are directed to convert 100 beds each
in their hospitals into designated COVID wards by 19 September, the government said in a 15 September order.The Delhi government has also
significantly ramped up testing in the past few days.The number of tests conducted and corresponding fresh cases reported from 1-15
September in that order are: 24,198 (2,312); 28,835 (2,509); 32,834 (2,737); 36,219 (2,914) 38,895 (2,973); 36,046 (3,256); 22,954 (2,077);
45,797 (3,609); 54,517 (4,039); 58,340 (4,308); 60,580 (4,266); 60,076 (4,321); 56,656 (4,235); 44,884 (3,229) and 62,669 (4,263).On
Wednesday, over 4,000 cases were recorded for 62,593 tests conducted the previous day.The number of rapid-antigen tests conducted on Monday
stood at 51,318, while the RT-PCR, CBNAAT and True NAAT tests figures were 11,275 in all adding to 62,593, according to the bulletin.As on
Wednesday, the number of tests done per million was over 1,21,556 while the total number of tests stood at 23,09,578.The positivity rate is
7.15 percent, up from 6.8 per cent the previous day, while the recovery rate is 84.47 per cent, the bulletin said, adding that the case
fatality rate stands at 2.1 percent.Chief Secretary Vijay Dev, along with district magistrates, reviewed COVID-19 management in a meeting,
according to the bulletin.Since 18 August, cases in the city have been coming in the four-figure count
According to the bulletin, out of the total number of 14,521 beds in COVID hospitals, 6,783 are vacant.It said 2,736 beds in COVID care
centres are occupied by persons under quarantine, including travellers who have returned under the Vande Bharat Mission and by bubble
flights.The bulletin said 1,94,516 patients have recovered, been discharged or migrated so far
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