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Delhi: Cases below 1k second day in a row, plan to cut Covid beds
For the second consecutive day Tuesday, the city saw less than 1,000 daily cases with 939 new cases being recorded. December 23, 2020 4:22:02 am
At a testing centre in New Delhi. (File)
The Delhi health department has formed a four-member committee to make recommendations on reducing the number of Covid-dedicated beds in hospitals. The move comes after several requests were made by hospitals and institutes to restart non-Covid services against the backdrop of a drop in cases.
The order has been issued by Principal Health Secretary Vikram Dev Dutt. The team comprises Udit Rai Prakash, special secretary of department of health and family welfare; Dr Nutan Mundeja, Director General of Health Services; Dr Suneet Kaur from the National Centre for Disease Control; and Dr Anant Mohan, professor and head of department of pulmonary medicine, critical care and sleep medicine at AIIMS.
Delhi witnesses 939 new infections in the last 24 hours
The Capital witnessed 939 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of cases to 6,18,747, according to a health bulletin released by the Delhi government on Tuesday.
This is the second consecutive day on which the number of new cases is less than 1,000. On Monday, there were 803 new cases, which was the lowest in over four months.
Also, 25 more deaths have been reported in the past 24 hours, taking the total number of deaths to 10,329, as per the bulletin.
Of the total cases, 5,99,683 people have recovered and there are 8,735 active cases.
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