Photos: Delhi CM says COVID-19 situation much better, but urges caution

The Covid-19 situation in Delhi was on a worrying trajectory until a few weeks ago but a concerted effort helped turn the situation around, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on July 1, cautioning people that the outbreak could spike again if they become complacent. The daily positivity rate which was hovering around a peak of 32% in mid-June has since fallen and was 12.24% on July 1. Delhi’s coronavirus tally currently stands at 92,175 cases out of which 26,304 cases are active and 2,864 people have died due to the virus so far.

Updated on: Jul 03, 2020 11:15 AM IST

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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal along with Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia interacts with a plasma donor at Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS) in New Delhi on July 2. Kejriwal on June 1, said that a concentrated effort has helped improve the Covid-19 situation in Delhi while cautioning people that the outbreak could spike again if they become complacent. (Vipin Kumar / HT Photo)

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Covid-19 patients seen inside an isolation ward in New Delhi. “Today, I am happy that we have waded through the tough times we had seen at the beginning of June. Our hard work has paid off. Today, only around 26,000 active cases are there in Delhi against our projection of 60,000 cases,” Kejriwal said during a digital press conference on July 1. (Kamal Kishore / PTI)

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This is what a set of rapid antigen kits look like, as seen at a testing centre. In Delhi, the daily positivity rate (number of people testing positive to number of tests), which was hovering around a peak of 32% in mid-June has since fallen and was 12.24% on July 1, reported HT. (Yogendra Kumar / HT Photo)

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Beds are lined inside the newly set up Covid-19 care centre at Commonwealth Games Village (CWG) indoor stadium in New Delhi. According to the daily health bulletin released by the Delhi government on July 1, the city has 15,242 hospital beds, up from around 13,600 a day before. (Mohd Zakir / HT Photo)

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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal briefs the media during a digital press conference on July 2. During his address a day before, Kejriwal said that the recovery rate is also on the rise--a month ago, the recovery rate was 38%, and it has now increased to 64%. (HT Photo)

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Commuters wearing face masks seen on the road in Jangpura, New Delhi. According to government data, at the beginning of June, Delhi was conducting around 5,000 tests every day. This now has been scaled up to 17,000-20,000 every day. (Biplov Bhuyan / HT Photo)

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A medical personnel prepares to collect a blood sample during a serological survey in Sarai Rohilla. Three types of tests are currently being conducted in Delhi. RT-PCR test, a confirmatory test whose results come in after a minimum of five hours; rapid antigen test -- highly accurate in identifying positive cases where the results take 30 minutes to come and antibody tests, as part of the serological survey in Delhi to understand the extent of viral spreads. (Sanchit Khanna / HT Photo)

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A medical professional in PPE overalls talks on the phone while waiting to transport people outside the Covid-19 ward at Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Hospital on July 1. Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal in his media briefing on the same day said, “There was a day when nearly 125 deaths were recorded. Today, the daily Covid deaths are hovering around 60-65. We have to reduce this further,” (Raj K Raj / HT Photo)