Delhi sees big fall in Covid cases in past 1 week
January 29, 2022 18:19
The number of COVID-19 cases reported in Delhi has reduced significantly in the last one week from over 11,000 cases logged on January 22, but the containment zones count remains over 40,000, according to official data.
A containment zone is created by authorities to check the spread of infection if at least three cases of coronavirus are recorded in a household or in a neighbourhood.
The surge in COVID cases in Delhi during the third wave of the pandemic are due to the Omicron variant of the virus which is highly transmissible.
Many families in a large number of neighbourhoods had tested positive, but medical experts have said that since the infection had happened at the same time, the recovery too will be quicker for the community as a whole, and there is less chance of more spread of infection as people are largely home isolated with a very little number of patients needing hospitalisation this time.
According to official data shared by the Delhi health department, the number of containment zones in the city stood at 41,095 on Friday, a fall from 42,388 on Thursday.
The number of containment zones on January 22 was 43,457 when 11,486 COVID cases were recorded.
The number of cases have dropped in the last one week, with over 4,000 cases logged on Friday. -- PTI
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