"Fully Prepared, No Need To Worry": Arvind Kejriwal On Delhi Covid Spike
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295 cases were reported on March 30, he informed, and said there have been three deaths linked to comorbidities in Delhi.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today said that residents of the national capital don't need to worry about the surge in Covid cases. 7,986 beds for Covid patients are ready in Delhi hospitals, he said, adding that the government has sufficient oxygen cylinders. Mr Kejriwal said the XBB 1.16 variant of Covid is the predominant one at present, accounting for 48 per cent of all positive cases. "It spreads rapidly but is not severe," he said.
"We have been conducting mock drills," he added.
295 cases were reported on March 30, he informed, and said there have been three deaths linked to comorbidities in Delhi.
Mr Kejriwal said the government has been testing sewage to pre-empt a possible return of the virus. All the cases are also being sent for genome sequencing to timely identify new variants if any, he said.
