India: Delhi registers 28,867 new COVID-19 cases, highest-ever in a single day

New Delhi: Delhi reported 28,867 new cases of COVID-19 during the last 24 hours, registering its highest single-day infections since the beginning of the pandemic, the Delhi government said on Thursday.

The national capital on April 20 last year recorded 28,395 cases.

As per the bulletin provided by the government, the positivity rate has mounted to 29.21 per cent. A total of 98,832 samples were tested during the last 24 hours.

With this, the total count of COVID-19 cases in Delhi has gone up to 16,46,583.

There are currently 94,160 active COVID-19 cases in Delhi, of which 62,324 patients are in home isolation. There are 23,997 active containment zones in the national capital.

As per the bulletin, 2,424 patients are currently admitted to hospital, of which 55 patients are suspected to be COVID-19 infected.

Out of the confirmed 2,369 COVID-19 cases, 2,080 are from the national capital while 289 are from outside.

Currently, 768 patients are on Oxygen support, 628 are in ICU. 98 patients are in a critical condition on ventilator support.

The bulletin says that 84.29 per cent of 15,433 beds across dedicated COVID-19 hospitals in Delhi are vacant. Only 2,424 beds are occupied.

Delhi Police witty reply on Twitter left people in splits

Meanwhile, the Delhi Police’s active use of Twitter is being appreciated after some witty replies to queries during a ‘question and answer session’ launched to help people get information regarding curfew and Covid-19.

One of the users put a question in a humourous way -- “Can we play cricket with social distancing and mask on?

The police replied on Twitter, “Thats a silly point sir, it’s time to take extra cover, also Delhi Police is good at catching”.

This comment became hit on social media and everybody started praising the Delhi Police for such a witty reply.

Senior Congress leader and former cricketer Kirti Azad lauded Delhi Police for its witty comment against a user. He tweeted “A #Chinaman delivery would be better than a #googly, given the circumstances @DelhiPolice.”

During the first Covid wave it was the Pune Police which beacme popular on Twitter for giving humorous replis. The Pune Police was highly appreciated for their witty response. Now it’s the Delhi Police which is using the witty way to answer the non serious questions.

Apart from the reply in a witty way, the Delhi Police is also reaching out to those who need help. A number of people have been provided with medicine, ambulance and other life saving equipment to fight Covid.

A Delhi Police official said that they were always ready during each wave. “Now it’s the third wave and we are ready to help, to serve, to make you laugh. Our cops are round the clock available be it on line or off line,” said the police official.