Delhi Government Can Issue An 'Amber' Alert Due To Steep Rise In Covid Cases

According to his Aam Aadmi Party, Delhi Chief Minister, Arvind Kejriwal, will hold a major press conference at 12 p.m. today. The news comes a day after the national capital saw the largest single-day increase in COVID-19 cases since May 21. The number of coronavirus cases on Saturday was 51% greater than on Friday, owing to the Omicron type, and Delhi's positive rate has now reached 3.64 percent.

The Delhi government can now issue a 'Amber' alert per the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) and impose further limitations in light of the current scenario. If the positive rate exceeds 1%, new cases exceed 3,500, or oxygenated bed occupancy exceeds 700, the 'Amber' alarm will be activated.

This is notable in light of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's declaration of a 'yellow alert' in Delhi on December 28, which saw schools, colleges, cinemas, and gyms close, businesses selling non-essential commodities open on an odd-even basis, and metro trains and buses run at 50% capacity throughout the city.