Kejriwal underlined that no case of the BE7 subvariant of the Sars-CoV-2 virus which causes Covid-19), the key driver of infections of China, has been detected in Delhi so far.
“The BE.7 variant was not detected even in sewage samples collected and tested from seven different places in Delhi. Of the cases reported in Delhi, 92% are related to the XBB variant or its sub-variants,” Kejriwal said.
Delhi on Thursday reported 10 fresh cases of Covid-19, at a test positivity rate of 0.41%. The city also recorded one death on Thursday, only the third this month and the 12th in two months.
The Capital has recorded just 151 cases of the infection so far in December, at an average of about seven a day. In comparison, at its peak, Delhi recorded 28,867 cases ina day on January 13 this year) and 448 deaths over 24 hours on May 3, 2021).
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