Covid Positivity rate at 1%, Delhi Health Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj urges caution

Delhi health minister Saurabh Bharadwaj on Tuesday said the national capital's Covid positivity rate is around 1 per cent and stressed that people should, instead of panicking, follow precautions during the winter festival season.

Genome sequencing of samples testing positive for Covid-19 has been ramped up, he said.

Bharadwaj reiterated that the new JN.1 sub-variant of the Omicron strain is notlife-threatening.

India recorded a single-day rise of 412 fresh Covid-19 cases while the active caseload has risen to 4,170, the Union health ministry said on Tuesday.