The national capital witnessed 131 Covid-related deaths in the last 24 hours clear indication that things may be more critical in next few days when cases related to Diwali will serge.
Covid-19 has claimed 7,943 lives in Delhi to date.
The national capital’s tally of confirmed coronavirus cases also exceeded the 5-lakh mark on Wednesday with 7,846 fresh cases. Delhi has reported a total of 5,03,084 confirmed cases to date.
Over the last 24 hours, Delhi tested 62,232 tests for Covid-19. However Dehli govt has ruled out another lockdown in the national capital.
There are now 42,458 active cases of coronavirus in Delhi while the AAP government has notified as many as 4,444 areas as containment zones to curb further spread of infection. CM Kejriwal have call all party meeting to discuss the spike in Covid-19 cases in the national capital..
In light of the recent spike in coronavirus cases, the Delhi High Court also upheld the AAP government’s order prohibiting Chhath Puja celebrations in public places. Bursting of firecrackers despite a ban on the same across NCR, coupled with worsening air quality has further led to another wave of Covid-19 infections in the national capital.
Meanwhile India on Thursday recorded 45,576 new coronavirus infections in a span of 24 hours, government Covid-19 data shows. With this, the country’s overall Covid-19 case count since the outbreak stands at 89,58,484.
In the one-day period, 585 people lost their life to the deadly virus, taking the overall fatalities to 1,31,578.
The total active cases stand at 4,43,303 after a decrease of 3,502 in the last 24 hours.
The total discharged cases are at 83,83,603 with 48,493 new recoveries in the last 24 hours.
For the 12th day today, India has reported less than 50,000 daily coronavirus cases.
The Indian Council of Medical Research said that a total of 12,85,08,389 samples have been tested for Covid-19 up to 18 November. Of these, 10,28,203 samples were tested yesterday, the ICMR added.
