New Delhi, Sep 13 (UNI) Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Sunday said the Delhi Government has directed all the private hospitals having bed strength of 50 or more, to reserve at least 80 per cent of their total ICU bed strength for Covid-19 patients.
Addressing a press conference Mr Jain said,"around 4,321 people were found to be Covid-19 positive out of 60,000 tests conducted on September 12, making the test positivity ratio about 7.19 per cent in Delhi when compared to the national test positivity rate which is about 8.8 per cent."
"Delhi recorded 28 deaths in the last 24 hours which brings down the mortality rate of the last ten days in Delhi to about 0.68 per cent when compared to the general average of 2.23 per cent," he said.