TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal addresses the media on Friday. The Highlights of press conference as follows:
>> The number of COVID-19 cases in Delhi is high but the situation is under control and there is no need to worry. We’ve increased testing by three times but positive cases have increased by around 3000 per day only.
>> Out of the total COVID-19 patients, approximately 45,000 people have recovered. In the last one week, the number of beds occupied has been around 6,000 despite almost 3,000 new cases daily as they do not require hospitalisation.
>> COVID–19 cases in Delhi are mild and most of them don’t require hospitalisation. Right now, we have over 13,000 beds ready. We have permission to conduct plasma therapy at LNJP and Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality hospitals.
>> Since the start of plasma therapy at LNJP hospital, the number of deaths has reduced to less than half as compared to earlier.
>> A major issue with Corona is that oxygen level of patient drops suddenly. Oxygen level should be 95. If it drops below 90 then consider it dangerous, if it drops below 85 then consider it very serious. You will face difficulty in breathing if it drops to 90 or 85.
— There are some patients whose oxygen level became very low but they showed no symptoms, it dropped suddenly and they died suddenly. So we have provided oxymeter to asymptomatic patients or those with mild symptoms who are under home isolation.
