Covid-19 positivity rate at 10 per cent in Delhi; will remove curbs soon: Arvind Kejriwal

NEW DELHI: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said that the COVID-19 positivity rate in the national capital has reduced by 20 per cent in the last 10 days and assured that the restrictions will be lifted soon. 

"COVID positivity rate has reduced by 20 per cent in the span of last 10 days. Today it`s about 10 per cent, opposed to 30 per cent positivity rate on January 15. All of this is because of the consistent pace of vaccination," CM Kejriwal said while addressing a program in Delhi.

Lauding the efforts of healthcare workers, Kejriwal said that 100 per cent population of Delhi has received the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine and 82 per cent have received the second dose of the vaccine. 

"When COVID-19 increases, we have to impose some restrictions on economic activities. But we do not want to create a hurdle in your lives but protect you and your health. Soon we will try to do away with (COVID) restrictions and bring your life back to normal...will make all efforts in that direction," the Delhi CM said. 

Soon we will try to do away with (COVID) restrictions and bring your life back to normalcy...will make all efforts in that direction: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal at a program on the sidelines of Republic Day, in Delhi pic.twitter.com/iwn9S78YGc — ANI (@ANI) January 25, 2022

Kejriwal also said that presently, India is going through the third wave of COVID-19 but Delhi is going through the fifth wave of the pandemic. Delhi on Monday continued to report a decline in daily COVID-19 infections with 5,760 new cases and a daily positivity rate of 11.79 per cent.

With this, the total number of COVID-19 cases in Delhi has mounted to 17,97,471, including 45,140 active cases. Of these active cases, 36,838 are currently in home isolation, as per yesterday`s bulletin.

India on Tuesday recorded 2,55,874 new Covid-19 cases, 50,190 less than Monday. According to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the country's active coronavirus caseload now stands at 22,36,842 and constitutes 5.62% of the total positive infections.

The last 24 hours also saw a total of 16,49,108 tests being conducted and India has so far done over 71.88 crore tests. The country's weekly positivity rate is currently at 17.17%, while the daily positivity rate is at 15.52%.