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Delhi recorded 104 deaths due to coronavirus on Wednesday, the highest since November 20.
New Delhi:
At Delhi s biggest crematorium, Nigambodh Ghat, the number of cremations have gone up from 15 per day to over 30 as COVID-19-related deaths in the national capital continue to rise.
Delhi recorded 104 deaths due to coronavirus on Wednesday, the highest since November 20. The same day, India recorded 1,027 deaths, the highest daily count since October 18 when 1,033 deaths were recorded.
Gautam, 27, who lost his grandfather to Covid on Tuesday night reached the Nigambodh Ghat on Wednesday at 8:30am but even after five hours, the funeral had not been performed due to lack of space at the cremation facility.
CM Arvind Kejriwal said that Delhi is witnessing the fourth wave of coronavirus and there is a need to speed up the vaccination process.
NEW DELHI: Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday ruled out possibilities of a lockdown in the capital in the light of recent surge in coronavirus cases.
The CM, however, said that the Delhi government will implement new restriction soon.
Speaking to reporters outside the Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital, Kejriwal said, If we are provided with enough vaccine doses, age bar for vaccination is removed and we get approval to open more vaccination centers on a larger scale then we can vaccinate people within 2-3 months in Delhi. Currently, we have vaccines for 7-10 days. There will be no lockdown. New restrictions will be imposed soon.
Amid escalating cases of COVID-19 in Delhi, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said lockdown is not an option but some restrictions will be put in place in the national capital which is reeling under the fourth wave of the coronavirus pandemic. The chief minister said this during an interaction with reporters after visiting the LNJP Hospital the mainstay of Delhi s fight against COVID-19 to review its preparedness. Lockdown is not an option, however, we will be putting some restrictions in place to contain the spread of the virus. We will release the restrictions in the coming few days. COVID centres are being rebuilt and some have already started functioning, he was quoted as saying in a statement issued by the chief minister s office.
Delhi Logs 7,897 Covid Cases, Positivity Rate Over 10 Per Cent Delhi Logs 7,897 Covid Cases, Positivity Rate Over 10 Per Cent Delhi is witnessing the fourth wave of Covid, Arvind Kejriwal said today, adding that there is a need to speed up vaccination, curb the spread of virus and improve hospital management to control the spike.
Fresh infections in Delhi have pushed the city s overall tally to record highs (File)
New Delhi:
Delhi has reported 7,897 new coronavirus cases and 39 deaths in the last 24 hours. With this, the national capital s positivity rate has risen to over 10 per cent, the highest since November 23. Delhi now has over 7.1 lakh cases.