Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal says no plan for lockdown in Delhi.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday chaired a high-level assembly with authorities officers amid rising covid cases in the nationwide capital and stated that there isn’t any plan for a lockdown in Delhi.
Addressing a presser, the Chief Minister stated, “In the last few days, COVID-19 cases in Delhi have been rising. 3,583 new cases have been reported in Delhi in the last 24 hours. This rise in cases now is the fourth wave. We are taking all possible measures, there is no need to worry.”
If there will likely be any want for the lockdown, then first it will likely be mentioned with the folks after which solely a choice will likely be taken. We are specializing in the COVID19 vaccination, 71,000 vaccinations had been executed in Delhi on April 1, Kejriwal talked about.
The Centre ought to permit states to vaccinate everybody on struggle footing. Need to contain non-healthcare services in inoculation drive, he added.
On Thursday, Delhi recorded 2,790 recent COVID-19 cases, the best each day rely this yr whereas 9 extra folks died because of the coronavirus an infection, taking the loss of life toll to 11,036, in response to the town well being division.
The positivity fee additionally mounted to three.57 per cent amid a large surge in cases in the span of the previous few weeks.
Delhi had reported 1,819 coronavirus cases on Wednesday with a positivity fee of two.71 per cent, whereas 11 extra folks succumbed to the an infection.
The variety of cumulative cases on Thursday stood at 6,65,220. Over 6.43 lakh sufferers have recovered from the virus. The metropolis had recorded 992 cases on Tuesday, 1,904 cases on Monday and 1,881 cases on Sunday.
It had reported 1,558 cases on Saturday, 1,534 cases on Friday, 1,515 cases final Thursday, 1,254 cases a day earlier than that and 1,101 cases final Tuesday, when it had crossed the 1,000-mark for the primary time since December 24. On December 8, final yr, the town had recorded 3,188 cases and a pair of,706 on December 6.
According to the most recent bulletin, 9 extra folks died because of the illness, taking the toll to 11,036, it stated. The variety of lively cases rose to 10,498 from 8,838 a day earlier than.
A complete of 78,073 exams, together with 47,026 RT-PCR exams and 31,047 fast antigen exams, had been performed a day in the past, the bulletin stated.Â
(With inputs from PTI)
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