New Delhi:
Lockdown has been extended in Delhi for another week, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has said, pointing to the Covid numbers which while on decline, is yet to reach below 5 per cent positivity rate. All the current restrictions will remain in place, including the metro service which was shut last week. We have been witnessing good recovery following the lockdown. Coronavirus cases have been on a decline, Mr Kejriwal told reporters today. We don t want to lose the gain that we have made in the last few days. We are extending the lockdown for one more week. Instead of tomorrow, lockdown is extended till next Monday, 5 am in Delhi, he added.
On Saturday, Delhi recorded 6,430 cases with 11 per cent positivity rate. The recovery was 11,591 but the daily death number was still very high at 337.
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COVID-19: Delhi lockdown extended for a week, says CM Kejriwal
Lockdown in Delhi has been further extended by a week, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Sunday. We are extending the lockdown by one more week in Delhi, the chief minister said today. Delhi recorded 6,430 new COVID-19 cases and 337 more fatalities on Saturday while the positivity rate dipped to 11.32 per cent, authorities said. The national capital had recorded 8,506 new cases on Friday and a positivity rate of 12.40 per cent.
As many as 289 more patients had succumbed to the disease on Friday, according to a health bulletin.
Meanwhile, doctors at leading government and private hospitals in Delhi said there is a relative fall in the number of cases and still a long way to go before the daily count falls below the 2,000-mark, as it was a few months earlier.