Rajya Sabha Secretariat Limits Staff As Covid Cases in Parliament Rise; DDMA Meet on Delhi Curbs Tomorrow
Omicron LIVE Updates: Dr Samiran Panda, additional director general of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has said India’s active Covid curve would begin to flatten within three months in areas that had recently experienced a surge, according to a report. India reported 1.4 lakh new Covid-19 cases on Saturday, and active infections are around 4.8 lakh.
Dr NK Arora, Chairman of the NTAGI Covid working group told Times of India that Global data and our own experience over the last five weeks show that Omicron infections are mostly asymptomatic or mild. “Few seriously ill hospitalised patients had other co-morbidities or were over the age of 60. The overall hospitalisation rate for people affected by Omicron is 1-2 percent, which is significantly lower than the rate of people requiring hospital care during the Covid wave caused by the virus Delta,” he said.
Meanwhile, the Delhi government has decided to increase 5,650 normal beds and 2,075 ICU beds for coronavirus patients in 14 hospitals, along with 2,800 beds in eight COVID-care centres, Health Minister Satyendar Jain said on Saturday. In a statement, he said the Delhi government is making all necessary arrangements in view of the rising coronavirus cases and the situation is normal.
“Around 13,300 beds are still available for patients in Delhi hospitals. It has been decided to increase the number of beds. The Delhi government is ready to deal with the most serious situation. Delhi’s health system is fully prepared to prevent this wave of coronavirus and provide timely treatment to all the people of the state,” Jain said.
