Covid-19
Covid-19 testing to be doubled: Arvind Kejriwal as cases spike in Delhi
New Delhi/IBNS: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said the testing to detect Novel Coronavirus will be doubled as the national capital has recently witnessed a 'marginal spike' in Covid-19 cases.
In a press briefing, Kejriwal said, "The Delhi government is going to double the Covid-19 testing. We have been testing 20 thousand samples per day but we will be doubling that."
"We have been witnessing a marginal spike in Coronavirus cases in the last few days though the recovery rate is 90 per cent and the mortality rate is going down. The Coronavirus situation in Delhi is now under control," the CM said.
Delhi on Tuesday recorded 1,544 Covid-19 cases, the biggest single-day spike in August.
The second serological (sero) survey conducted earlier this month in New Delhi showed 29.1% of the total people have developed antibodies against the Covid-19 disease, meaning they have already been exposed to the virus.
The survey was conducted between Aug 1 and 7.
These surveys are performed to determine the extent of exposure to the Sars-CoV-2 virus which causes the highly infectious coronavirus disease.
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