Screening of every house in Delhi containment zones starts Saturday

Nearly 1,100 teams comprising two members each have been formed to conduct the mega exercise. This is the biggest practice of coronavirus screening in the national capital.

According to the 2011 Census, there were over 34.35 lakh households in the national capital, including 33.56 lakh in urban areas and 79,574 in rural areas.

The teams are armed with a mobile application which will send real-time details to a dedicated web portal set up by the government. Apart from basic details like name, age, address and contact number, the teams are feeding the mobile application with information such as every individual’s travel history, whether or not they use the Centre’s Aarogya Setu app and if they have symptoms of influenza.

In the last 24 hours, Delhi recorded 3460 new cases, 2326 recoveries and 63 deaths. The total cases so far reached 77240, total recoveries at 47091 and deaths at 2492. The total number of active cases are 27,657 and patients in home isolation are 16249. In the last 24 hours, 21114 tests were done in the national capital, the maximum single day test so far. Till June 26, 459156 tests have been done in Delhi.

By editor

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