New Delhi [India], May 23 (ANI): 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 extended the ongoing Covid-19 lockdown in the national capital by one more week till May 31.
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal extends lockdown in Delhi till May 31
PTIMay 23, 2021, 13:14 IST
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Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday announced extension of the ongoing lockdown in Delhi by another week, saying the process of unlock will start from May 31 in a phased manner if the number of COVID-19 cases continued to decline.
In the past 24 hours, Delhi recorded around 1600 positive cases and the positivity rate went further down to below 2.5 percent, he said. I consulted many people and the general opinion favoured lockdown extension for one week. So, Delhi government has decided that lockdown will be extended to 5 AM on May 31, he said.
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The sharp fall in new Covid-19 cases in recent days notwithstanding, the Delhi government has decided to extend lockdown by one more week, Delhi’s Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced on Sunday.
The lockdown, which was last extended to May 24 (5 am), will now be extended till May 31, he said at a digital press briefing.
This will be the fifth extension after Kejriwal first imposed a lockdown on April 20 in view of sharp surge in Covid19 cases. After hitting a daily caseload of 28,500 as of April 28, the number of daily new infections had seen a sharp slide, especially in the most recent week. Kejriwal said that the daily infections in the last 24 hours to Sunday stood at 1,600, much lower than about 2,200 cases seen on Saturday.