The yellow alert is issued when the city witnesses the positivity rate of over 0.5 per cent for day in a row or say positive cases breaches 1,500 in a week. It also happens when occupancy of oxygen beds in hospitals remains 500 for a week if not less. Delhi’s positivity rate stood at 0.55 per cent on Sunday and 0.68 per cent on Monday.
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The order came after a high-level meeting chaired by Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal in the backdrop of the rising cases of Omicron in the national capital
Issuing a 'Yellow Alert' or Level 1 of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) for the national capital, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said that certain restrictions will be imposed across the city as the COVID-19 positivity rate continues to stay over 0.5% for two days in a row.
Delhi govt issues 'Yellow Alert' in view of rising coronavirus cases
According to the Order of Alert issued by the DDMA, it states that with rapidly increasing COVID cases and positivity rate reaching more than 0.5% for two consecutive days besides regular increase in Omicron cases, the territory of NCT of Delhi has entered under Level 1 of the Graded Response Action Plan and will further fall under the restrictions of the yellow alert..
COVID-19 in Delhi
With a total of 165 Omicron cases, Delhi has the second-highest number of infections after Maharashtra with 167 cases, informed the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Tuesday. Earlier on Monday, with a single-day rise, it recorded 331 new coronavirus cases followed by one death.