Satyendar Jain asserts COVID-19 situation in Delhi is under control

The minister said, "The health bulletin for Monday will be issued soon, and today, about 350 cases have been recorded. So, we are alert, but as long as the positivity rate is below one percent, the situation is well under control."

Jain asserted that the situation in Maharashtra and a few other states, where high positivity rates are being recorded, is different.

Jain said, "In Maharashtra, 16,620 cases were recorded (on Sunday) with a positivity rate of 16.46 percent while in Kerala, the figures were 1,792 with 3.54 percent positivity rate."

"In Punjab, it was 1,492 cases with 4.81 percent, and in Gujarat, it was 810 cases with 1.78 percent positivity rate. But in Delhi, it was 407 cases with 0.60 percent positivity rate," he added.

On Sunday, Delhi's daily new case tally crossed the 400-mark for the fourth consecutive day.

On Saturday, the city had recorded 419 new COVID-19 cases, while the positivity rate stood at 0.56 percent, according to the data shared by the Health Department.

On Friday, 431 new cases were recorded, the highest single-day spike in over two months, while the count on Thursday was 409.

Jain on Friday had said that the figures of over 400 per day suddenly were not alarming, and asserted that the positivity rate was still below one percent.

"We are fully prepared and on a full vigil," he had then said, and added that over 70,000-80,000 tests were being conducted per day.