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In Delhi, 20 people were killed in the first six days of January as a result of the corona virus infection, according to official figures.
Eight of these deaths were recorded on January 5, amid a huge surge in Covid cases, largely caused by the Omicron variant.
According to the health bulletin released on Thursday, the death toll from the coronavirus infection in Delhi stood at 25,127.
The death toll on December 31 was 25,107.
On Thursday, the daily number of cases was 15,097 with a positivity rate of 15.34 percent and six deaths were recorded.
Delhi reported one Covid death each on January 1, 2 and January 3; three on January 4; eight on January 5; and six on Jan. 6, according to office numbers.
On Thursday, Delhi's health minister Satyendar Jain had told reporters that no deaths from the Omicron variant of the coronavirus had yet been confirmed in the national capital.
And while the cases are increasing by the day, the situation in the city still didn't warrant closure, he'd said.
The huge spike in new cases over the past few days here is recorded amid a significant jump in cases of the new Omicron variant of the virus.
This one-day spike recorded Thursday was the highest since May 8, 2021, when 17,364 cases were reported with a 23.34 percent positivity rate. As many as 332 deaths were also recorded on that day.
Meanwhile, health experts have warned that as far as the rise in coronavirus cases is concerned, "it's a wildfire right now."
“This is expected to take at least two months, and patient numbers at our hospital have increased phenomenally in recent days. As the number of cases has skyrocketed, more deaths are also being reported.” said Dr. Suranjit Chatterjee, a senior consultant at Apollo Hospitals here.
He said he has seen about 35 Covid patients in the past two days.
Chatterjee, who was infected with the virus, said: "All kinds of patients are coming to the hospital, young, old, children, double vaccinated, those who had Covid but recovered and then were vaccinated; and even those who received a booster dose abroad." , testing positive. It's wildfire now."
Jain had also claimed on Thursday that Delhi was in a comfortable position in terms of hospital bed occupancy.
The city council has significantly increased testing capacity for the coronavirus. And nearly 98,500 Covid tests were conducted a day ago, Thursday's health bulletin revealed.
The one-day rise in the number of coronavirus infections registered above 1 lakh after 214 days, bringing the total number of COVID-19 cases in India to 3,52,26,386, including 3,007 cases of Omicron reported in 27 states and union territories, the agency said. Union. The data from the Ministry of Health was updated on Friday.
Maharashtra registered the maximum number of 876 Omicron cases, followed by Delhi at 465, Karnataka 333, Rajasthan 291, Kerala 284 and Gujarat 204.
At the height of the second wave of the pandemic, 28,395 cases were recorded on April 20 last year, the highest number ever recorded in a single day here, and 277 deaths, according to official figures.
