'Delhi likely to report 14-15k COVID-19 cases today, much lesser than Sunday': Health Minister Satyendar Jain

New Delhi: Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Monday said that Delhi is likely to report around 14,000-15,000 fresh COVID-19 cases, much lesser than yesterday.

Talking about the vaccination status in the national capital, he said, "Around 2.85 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered in Delhi. 100 per cent eligible population inoculated with first dose, 80 per cent with second dose, and 1.28 lakh people received precautionary dose so far."

With a fall in Covid cases for two consecutive days, the national capital on Sunday recorded 18,286 fresh cases with a positivity rate of 27.87 per cent, according to daily bulletin by the health department.

At the same time, the capital city reported 21,846 recoveries and 28 deaths. With this, the active cases have gone down to 89,819.

A total of 65,621 tests were conducted and 28 deaths were logged according to the Delhi state health bulletin.

As per the data, 2,591 Covid-19 positive patients were hospitalised and 21,846 patients recovered or were discharged.

Delhi on Friday had recorded 28,867 cases, the sharpest single-day spike since the beginning of the pandemic, with a positivity rate of 29.21%.

On Wednesday, Delhi had reported 40 deaths, the highest since June 10 last year.

Meanwhile, the Delhi Disaster Management Authority has exempted persons with disabilities and pregnant employees of the city government’s departments and agencies from attending office, amid a surge in Covid-19 cases in the national capital.