Delhi records slight rise in number of Covid-19 cases in last 24 hours
Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Saturday had tweeted that the positivity rate had been below one per cent for the past 11 days, and fresh cases were the lowest since May 17.
By Press Trust of India | Posted by Shankhyaneel Sarkar | New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON JAN 06, 2021 11:20 PM IST
Delhi recorded 654 fresh COVID-19 cases and 16 more fatalities on Wednesday, even as the positivity rate stood at 0.88 per cent, authorities said.
The infection tally in the city rose to 6.28 lakh and the death toll mounted to 10,625, they said.
The national capital had recorded 442 cases on Tuesday with a positivity rate of 0.55 per cent.
Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Saturday had tweeted that the positivity rate had been below one per cent for the past 11 days, and fresh cases were the lowest since May 17.
From December 21 to 23, the daily cases count had been below the 1000-mark.
On December 21, 803 cases were reported, 939 on December 22 and 871 on December 23.
However, on December 24, 1,063 cases were recorded, dropping again to 758 on December 25 and 655 on December 26.
On December 27, 757 cases were recorded while on December 28, the daily cases count was 564, the lowest in the last five months.
On December 29 and 30, the city recorded 703 and 677 cases respectively.
On December 31, 574 cases were recorded, and 585 on January 1 and 494 on January 2 and 424 on January 3 and 384 on January 4.
These 654 new cases came out the 74,650 tests conducted the previous day, including 39,623 RT-PCR tests and 35,027 rapid antigen tests, according to the latest bulletin issued by the Delhi health department.
The active cases tally on Wednesday dropped to 4,481 from 4,562 the previous day.
The bulletin said the total number of cases has climbed to 6,28,352.
Farmers tractor live updates: Protesters at Singhu border begin march to Delhi
By hindustantimes.com | Edited by Kanishka Sarkar
UPDATED ON JAN 26, 2021 08:47 AM IST
The protesters who were camping at Delhi’s Singhu border have begun their march into the Capital. Follow live updates here
Delhi: Minimum temperature falls; moderate fog over city
UPDATED ON JAN 26, 2021 08:21 AM IST
Cold, dry northwesterly winds have set in over the northern plains and adjoining parts of central India which are likely to persist for the next three or four days
Delhiwale: Like chai by the Seine
By Mayank Austen Soofi, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON JAN 26, 2021 05:30 AM IST
- A cafe that gives a most glorious view of the city’s river—the Yamuna
‘Over half of city may have Covid antibodies’: Experts say after 5th sero-survey
By Anonna Dutt, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON JAN 26, 2021 04:16 AM IST
- The number was particularly high in the south-east district at 62%, the people said, and now appears to fall in a territory that experts believe is close to the herd immunity threshold.
Doctors at Kasturba hospital threaten strike from Feb 1 over unpaid salaries
By Ashish Mishra, New Delhi, Hindustan Times
UPDATED ON JAN 26, 2021 05:39 AM IST
A formal announcement about the strike is likely to be made by the doctors’ association after a meeting on January 27.
Doorstep delivery of rations in Delhi by March this year: CM Arvind Kejriwal
By HT Correspondent, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JAN 26, 2021 04:09 AM IST
New Delhi: The Delhi government’s ambitious doorstep delivery of ration service will be launched by March, and all of the residents of the city will get health cards by the end of this year, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal announced on Monday, during an address at a Republic Day event at the Delhi secretariat
HC allows DDA to declare results of e-auction of 3 plots that was stayed for want of parking
By Richa Banka, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON JAN 25, 2021 10:43 PM IST
The Delhi high court on Monday allowed the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) to publish the results of the e-auction of three commercial plots at the District Centre in Netaji Subhash Place, after the agency admitted that there was a deficiency of parking, to address which it would construct additional parking space on six plots
Delhi Police says it will ensure that farmers stick to rally route
By shiv sunny, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JAN 26, 2021 04:06 AM IST
New Delhi: Only 5,000 farmers on 5,000 tractors will be allowed into Delhi for the tractor rally scheduled for Tuesday, according to the terms and conditions mentioned in the no-objection certificate (NOC) issued by the Delhi Police on Monday, but the police said that practically all tractors joining the rally will be allowed to enter the national capital
Gleaming tractors add to buzz at borders
UPDATED ON JAN 26, 2021 04:49 AM IST
Tuesday’s event coincides with the two-month anniversary of the farmers’ agitation which began on November 26.
‘Freak accident’: Two workers die after falling off 3rd floor of factory
By HT Correspondent, New Delhi, Hindustan Times
UPDATED ON JAN 26, 2021 04:20 AM IST
While an FIR pertaining to causing death by negligence has been registered, the officer said prima facie, no third person was responsible for their deaths.
Daily vaccination turnout hits high in Capital, 91%+ get shots
By Sweta Goswami, New Delhi, Hindustan Times
UPDATED ON JAN 26, 2021 04:25 AM IST
Over 91% scheduled beneficiaries of the Covid-19 vaccine were inoculated in one day for the first time in Delhi on Monday, as 41 hospitals in the Capital either completed their daily target or exceeded it
Tractor rally: Anand Vihar ISBT to stay shut
By HT Correspondent, New Delhi, Hindustan Times
UPDATED ON JAN 26, 2021 06:33 AM IST
The interstate bus terminus (ISBT) at Anand Vihar will remain closed on Tuesday during the day as a precautionary measure.
3 held for stabbing man to death in Southwest Delhi’s Sagarpur
By HT Correspondent, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JAN 25, 2021 10:41 PM IST
Delhi Police has arrested three men for allegedly stabbing a man to death in south-west Delhi’s Sagarpur area last Thursday
Money paid to MCDs being diverted to councillors’ fund, alleges AAP
By HT Correspondent, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JAN 26, 2021 05:35 AM IST
Pathak said on January 14, deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia and urban development minister Satyender Jain had announced that the Delhi government will release ₹938 crore for payment of salaries of MCD employees.
Republic Day: Vehicular movement to be majorly affected in the Capital today
By karn pratap singh, New Delhi, Hindustan Times
UPDATED ON JAN 26, 2021 08:12 AM IST
Traffic in the national capital will be majorly affected, especially in central Delhi and the peripheries of the city, owing to the Republic Day parade in the morning, followed by the farmers’ tractor parade