New Delhi extends lockdown by one more week
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today announced an extension of the ongoing lockdown in the national capital for one more week, citing the continued severity of Covid-19 spread and a 36 percent positivity rate in the last few days.
The lockdown imposed on April 19 will now continue till 5am on May 3, he told the media.
"We will have to watch the situation for a few more days, whether the number of cases decrease or increase," he said.
Kejriwal said "Covid-19 is rapidly increasing in Delhi. Because of this, we had earlier imposed a six-day lockdown which was supposed to end tomorrow at 5am. Lockdown is the last weapon to deal with the Covid-19 crisis. At present, the situation is not improving. Many people suggested the lockdown should be extended. Now it has been extended for one more week till Monday (May 3) at 5am."
Delhi added 357 deaths due to Covid-19, the highest ever single-day spike, while 24,103 fresh cases took the caseload to 1,004,782, according to the Delhi health department's bulletin.
Hospitals in Delhi also continued to struggle with an acute shortage of oxygen for critical Covid-19 patients, and Kejriwal has appealed to Chief Ministers of all other states to help the national capital with oxygen.
Comments