Yellow alert issued in Delhi amid rising COVID-19 cases: Schools and cinemas to shut, public transport to run at 50% seating capacity
FirstpostThe restrictions come following Delhi’s biggest single-day spike in infections in six months on Monday, with 331 new cases A rise in COVID-19 cases amid a surge in Omicron infections, forced the Delhi government to sound a ‘yellow alert’ in the national capital. The ‘yellow alert’ has been sounded as the total number of cases of new Omicron variant of COVID-19 recorded in the national capital mounted to 165. On Monday, Delhi recorded 331 fresh coronavirus cases, the highest single-day rise since 9 June and one death, while the positivity rate mounted to 0.68 percent, according to data shared by the city health department. Amid the Omicron scare, Delhi recorded 331 fresh coronavirus cases, the highest single-day rise since June 9 and one death, on Monday, while the positivity rate mounted to 0.68 per cent, according to data shared by the city health department.