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<\/div>\nDelhi has reported more than 13,200 cases of COVID-19 in the past 19 days. (Representational)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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From 932 cases on March 30 to 4,976 on April 17, active coronavirus cases in Delhi have registered a jump of more than 430 per cent in nearly three weeks, according to official data.<\/p>\n
Delhi has reported more than 13,200 cases of COVID-19 in the past 19 days.<\/p>\n
The active case tally on Monday stood at 4,976, a jump of nearly 433 per cent since March 30 when the corresponding figure was 932, data showed.<\/p>\n
The active case count was, in fact, higher on Sunday at 5,297.<\/p>\n
Though Delhi has seen a spike in coronavirus cases in the recent past, hospitalisation remains low.<\/p>\n
Experts have maintained that there is no need to panic and people should follow Covid-appropriate behaviour and get booster shots of vaccines.<\/p>\n
LNJP Hospital’s Medical Director Suresh Kumar had cautioned on April 13 that coronavirus cases in the national capital will peak in the next couple of weeks.<\/p>\n
In the March 30-April 17 period, more than 30 fatalities have been recorded, including five deaths on April 15.<\/p>\n
Delhi on Monday logged 1,017 COVID-19 cases, while the positivity rate jumped to 32.25 per cent, the highest in 15 months, according to data shared by the health department.<\/p>\n
The capital had recorded a positivity rate of 30.6 per cent on January 14 last year.<\/p>\n
Delhi’s COVID-19 tally climbed to 20,24,244 on Monday. Four new fatalities pushed the death count to 26,567, the health department’s bulletin stated.<\/p>\n
Delhi’s daily Covid case count breached the 1,000-mark again on April 12, first time in over seven months.<\/p>\n
Since then, the figures have been reported in four-digit only.<\/p>\n
The spurt in the number of fresh Covid infections came amid a sharp rise in H3N2 influenza cases in the country.<\/p>\n
The Delhi government is keeping an eye on the spurt in Covid cases in the national capital and is “prepared to face any eventuality”, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said recently.<\/p>\n
Mock drills were conducted at various hospitals in Delhi on April 11 to check COVID-19 preparedness, following guidelines from the Centre.<\/p>\n
Medical experts say the new XBB.1.16 variant of the virus could be driving the surge.<\/p>\n
They also said this rise in the number of cases could be the result of more people getting themselves tested for Covid as a precaution when they actually get infected with the influenza virus and develop fever and related symptoms.<\/p>\n
The Indian Council of Medical Research has said the rise in the number of influenza cases is due to the Influenza A sub-type H3N2.<\/p>\n
The H3N2 virus is leading to more hospitalisation than the other subtypes. The symptoms include a runny nose, persistent cough and fever.
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