Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today announced that he has tested positive for Covid-19, adding that he has “mild symptoms” and was isolating at home.<\/p>\n
Taking to Twitter, he said: “I have tested positive for Covid. Mild symptoms. Have isolated myself at home. Those who came in touch wid me in last few days, kindly isolate urself and get urself tested.”<\/p>\n
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener had campaigned in Uttarakhand on Monday after having visited Punjab and other poll-bound states like Goa.<\/p>\n
During the devastating second wave of the pandemic in the country in April 2021, the Chief Minister along with his wife Sunita had tested positive for the virus.<\/p>\n
Today\u2019s development comes as the daily Covid-19 cases in the national capital is on the rise, with the city reporting 4,099 fresh infections and a positivity rate resting at 6.89 per cent until Monday evening.<\/p>\n
The new cases have pushed up the infection tally to 14,58,220, while the death toll stood at 25,110.<\/p>\n
Both are the highest since May 18, 2021, when the city logged 4,482 fresh cases at a test positivity rate of 6.89 per cent.<\/p>\n
On December 29, 2020, the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) had ordered a ‘yellow’ alert in the capital which is declared when the infection rate continues to be either at the mark of 0.5 per cent positivity for two consecutive days or crosses it.<\/p>\n
Of the cases being reported in the national capital, 81 per cent are that of the new Omicron variant, Health Minister Satyendra Jain had said in the Legislative Assembly on Monday.<\/p>\n
The capital has, so far, detected 351 Omicron cases, of which 57 have been discharged from the hospital.<\/p>\n
The DDMA is likely to strengthen the already existing restrictions to curb the spread of the virus.<\/p>\n
While ideally, the yellow alert should be followed by amber, but Delhi’s positivity rate has crossed 5 per cent — mark set for imposition of red alert in the capital.<\/p>\n
In either of the alerts, the already existing restrictions will be strengthened with a few places, activities being completely banned under the level 2 (amber) restrictions and a complete lockdown in level 4 (red).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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