new delhi the third wave of covid19 pandemic in the national capital is not over yet but it is definitely on the wane delhi health minister satyendar jain said on thursday delhi recorded 2463 new covid19 cases and 50 fatalities on wednesday the lowest number of deaths in a single day since november 1 as the positivity rate slipped to 342 per cent jain had on wednesday tweeted that it was heartening to see that the national capital is emerging victorious in the battle against the coronavirus cases are falling and death count in a day is lowest in the last 40 days the situation has improved and we can definitely say the third wave of the pandemic here is on the wane it is not over but on the wane he told reporters on thursday on plans of covid19 vaccination he said healthcare workers and frontline staff will be administered the vaccine first followed by the elderly and then others if we have vaccine availability we can vaccinate the entire population in a weeks time we have the preparations ready he added asked about noncovid19 patients needing icu beds he said we will review the situation but icu beds cant be managed overnight if cases suddenly increase so we had to see the trend stabilise first he asserted that over 13000 beds are available for covid19 patients in delhi which is not there in any city of the country adding that 2500 icu beds are also available for them asked how many people have registered for the covid19 vaccine he said about two lakh till wednesday he reiterated that the overall positivity rate is is less than 5 per cent for the last seven days also rtpcr positivity rate is now down to 6 per cent and since early november a fall of about 80 per cent in positivity rate which is a satisfactory trend jain said