With an unprecedented volume of dead bodies, Brahmins and workers from other castes are working side by side in the crematoriums of Delhi. But caste defines every choice made among the pyres.
The Delhi government Thursday morning released revised cumulative coronavirus figures for the city, raising the case tally by 44,350 and fatalities by 761 than previously reported. In the revised figures, the Delhi government has put the number of cases at 10,98,051 and deaths at 15,377. The data released on Wednesday night had put out a lower overall figures of 10,53,701 cases and 14,616 fatalities. The cumulative positivity rate has also been revised upwards from 6.20 per cent to 6.46 per cent. The number of recoveries too has been revised up to 9,82,922 from 9,39,333. Authorities reported 368 Covid-19 deaths and 25,986 cases with a positivity rate of 31.76 percent in Delhi on Wednesday.
AIIMS discontinues contact tracing
Faced with a staff shortage and resource crunch, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences discontinued contact tracing of exposed healthcare workers and quarantine of asymptomatic contacts.
Only symptomatic healthcare workers (HCWs) will be tested and only those testing positive will be isolated and managed as per the clinical condition.
The decisions were taken at a COVID-19 review meeting held under the chairmanship of AIIMS Director Dr Randeep Guleria on Thursday.
Big tragedy may happen due to oxygen shortage in hospitals: Kejriwal at PM s COVID meet
Raising alarm that a big tragedy may happen due to oxygen shortage in hospitals during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said the Centre should take over all oxygen plants through the Army.
According to the fifth sero survey, conducted between January 15 and January 23, around 56 per cent of Delhi s population have developed antibodies against the deadly virus.
NEW DELHI: The second wave of coronavirus in Delhi is likely to peak within a week after possibly hitting a positivity rate of 50 per cent before the numbers start to go down, senior medical experts said on Monday.
Dr Jugal Kishore, the head of community medicine at Safdarjung Hospital, said, The virus spreads from person to person in close proximity. Over the last few months, people have been meeting each other at a greater pace without following Covid-appropriate behaviour. The results are before us.