Covid-19 situation in Delhi, the health minister told media persons that the meeting was attended by the director general of health services and various other senior officials of the city health department, medical directors of Delhi government-run hospitals, epidemiologists, virologists, and a genome sequencing expert.
Delhi's Covid-19 cases climbed to 300 on Wednesday, the first time since August 31 last year, while the positivity rate mounted to 13.89%, according to data shared by the city health department.
Two more Covid-related deaths were also reported, it said. The review meeting on Friday will include a presentation of the results of the mock drill done recently at Delhi government-run hospitals, which will be shown to the chief minister, the minister said as quoted by news agency PTI.
The officials will also be sharing information on how other states are dealing with the increasing number of Covid-19 cases and the impact it has had on their citizens, during the meeting, Bharadwaj told reporters.