Delhi reports 325 new Covid cases in 24 hours, DDMA meet on April 20

New Delhi: Delhi on Thursday reported 325 fresh COVID-19 cases, which is the highest in 40 days, and zero deaths, according to data shared by the city health department.

A meeting of the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) will be held next week, on April 20, to discuss the rise in Covid cases and the response to it, officials said. The DDMA meeting is expected to be attended by Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, Health Minister Satyendar Jain and Covid-19 experts.

At present, the number of active cases in the capital has crossed 900. It is only a matter of relief that not a single patient has died in the last two days.

The Covid positivity rate in the national capital has jumped from 0.5 per cent to 2.39 per cent in a week, even as doctors on Tuesday said it was "not a panic situation" as the count of daily cases was still low but cautioned against dropping the guard.

Delhi on Wednesday reported 299 COVID-19 cases, while on Monday the city had recorded 137 cases, the data showed. There was no bulletin on Tuesday.

Earlier this month, the disaster body withdrew the order on wearing masks in public. It also dropped the fine on not wearing masks.

In February, it lifted all restrictions in the wake of the significant improvement in the COVID-19 situation in the city.

The number of daily COVID-19 cases in Delhi had touched the record high of 28,867 on January 13 this year during the third wave of the pandemic.