Lockdown in Delhi: CM Arvind Kejriwal to make BIG announcement today
It is expected that CM Kejriwal would extend the lockdown by another week as Delhi still faces high daily COVID-related deaths and vaccine shortage.
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Updated: May 23, 2021, 12:12 PM IST
Amid the fall in COVID-19 cases in Delhi, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is expected to take a final call on the extnesion of ongoing coronavirus-induced lockdown in the national capital.
It is expected that CM Kejriwal would extend the lockdown by another week as Delhi still faces high daily COVID-related deaths and vaccine shortage.
CM Kejriwal had first imposed a lockdown on April 19 in order to curb the spread of the coronavirus in the national capital. The lockdown was later four times, the last one on May 16, 2021.
India's capital New Delhi will start relaxing its strict coronavirus lockdown next week if new cases continue to drop in the city, its chief minister said on Sunday.
New Delhi, May 23
Delhi recorded 1,649 new Covid-19 cases, the lowest since March 30, and 189 fatalities on Sunday, while the positivity rate slipped to 2.42 per cent, even as Chief Minister Arvind K
Even as Delhi reported 1,649 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, the lowest one-day count since March 30, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday exten