Delhi News Live: Delhi logs 1604 fresh Covid-19 cases, 17 deaths- where??

Delhi News Live: Delhi logs 1604 fresh Covid-19 cases, 17 deaths

By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi |

Updated: February 5, 2022 10:24:36 pm

A staff workers sanitises a classroom after the Delhi government decided to reopen schools in a phased manner. (Express Photo by Praveen Khanna)

Delhi Covid-19 Omicron Active Cases Today Live Updates 5 Feb, Delhi Coronavirus Relaxation News, Delhi Weather Today, Cold Wave Updates, Delhi Today News, Delhi Covid-19 Relaxation Updates: Delhi currently has 11,716 active cases. As per DDMA's new Covid guidelines, the night curfew will continue in the capital but will begin at 11 pm instead of 10 pm.

Delhi Live News: Delhi continued to witness a decline in Covid-19 cases on Saturday as the city reported 1604 new Covid-19 cases against the 2,272 cases reported on Friday. Delhi also saw a decline in the deaths on Saturday as the city reported 17 deaths. The positivity rate further dipped to 2.87 per cent. As of Saturday evening, the total active Covid-19 cases in the city were 9979.

Since the vaccination for the 15 to 18 age group began, Delhi has vaccinated 82 per cent of adolescents with the first dose of Covid-19 before the schools reopen for 9th to 12th standard in the city on Monday. PTI reported that according to the official data, 8.33 lakh adolescents have been vaccinated with the first dose and 0.39 lakh with the second dose.

The Delhi-NCR region felt tremors on Saturday morning reportedly caused by an earthquake measuring 5.7 magnitude recorded 395 km northwest of Gulmarg in Jammu and Kashmir, and 422 km northwest of Srinagar. More details are awaited.

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With the decreasing number of infections, the Delhi government on Friday decided to reopen schools, colleges and gyms with strict Covid-19 protocols. Classes 9 to 12 will open in a phased manner while unvaccinated teachers will not be permitted to work, the Delhi Disaster Management Authority said in the order. The night curfew will continue in the capital but will begin at 11 pm instead of 10 pm.

and not permitted to schedule operations thereafter.”

Early in December, the commission had restricted operations of such industries not running on PNG or cleaner fuel to eight hours per day for five days a week, on account of deteriorating air quality in the NCR. These restrictions were in place till Friday, when the CAQM lifted them.

People travelling alone in private or commercial four wheelers will no longer need to wear masks, the Delhi Government said following a recent court hearing.

The decision came two days after the Delhi High Court questioned the government’s order that mandates wearing masks inside cars and called it “absurd”. The court said that the DDMA should look at several orders issued while relaxing Covid-19 protocols.

The matter was then discussed during Friday’s meeting. “The Covid-19 positivity rate has gone down substantially and a majority of the population has been vaccinated. Therefore, the DDMA after examining all the relevant facts related to the issue of penal provisions for not adhering to the covid protocol of wearing of mask at public places, decided that, in relation to the clause 3(h) (c) whereby not wearing of face mask/cover in all public places has been made an offence, the penalty under this provision of the said notification will not be applicable to a lone person in a self-driven four-wheeler vehicle,” the order issued by Delhi Health and Family Welfare department read.

Schools, colleges, gyms to reopen with Covid-19 restrctions

10:33 (IST)05 FEB 2022

Delhi records 2,272 fresh Covid-19 cases

Delhi continued to witness a decline in Covid-19 cases as the city reported 2,272 new Covid-19 cases and 20 deaths, as the positivity rate further dipped to 3.85 per cent. The city currently has 11,716 active cases.

10:32 (IST)05 FEB 2022

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“When there is a surge, and related lockdowns or hospital closures for other treatments, patients who have already been diagnosed and are under treatment falter, miss schedules, and sometimes completely give up treatment. We have seen that compliance falls in such situations. Then, there are patients who have symptoms but do not or cannot seek timely care. By the time they are diagnosed, they are at advanced stages of cancer and the prognosis is poorer,” said Dr Prashant Mathur, director of ICMR’s National Centre for Disease Informatics and Research.

Mystery of 3,005 logs found buried at Delhi Golf Club remains unsolved

The Crime Branch’s probe into the alleged illegal cutting of trees at the Delhi Golf Club (DGC) appears to have hit a dead end, after the Forest Research Institute (FRI) in Dehradun said the number of trees that were cut down and their age can’t be determined based on the 3,005 logs found buried on the premises.