New Delhi (NVI): Expressing concern over the rising number of coronavirus cases in Delhi, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today said that there will be no relaxation of lockdown in the National Capital as of now.
He said that the Delhi government will again sit with experts after a week on April 27 and decide on a further roadmap to tackle the spread of the virus.
As per the Central Government’s order issued on April 15, there will be some relaxations from April 20 onwards in non-hotspot zones.
“Delhi has 11 districts and all of them have been declared hotspots. So as per the Central government, there can be no relaxations in hotspot zones,” he said.
After assessing the prevailing situation in Delhi, we have decided not to permit any relaxation of the lockdown, as of now. https://t.co/mPIOpuF2KR
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) April 19, 2020
Kejriwal said that for the last few days, the number of coronavirus cases is surging in Delhi. “We have also increased our testing in the last few days,” he said.
“Yesterday we received test reports of 736 cases, out of which 186 turned out to be coronavirus cases, that means 25 per cent,” he said.
He said that all these 186 patients are asymptomatic, i.e., they didn’t show signs of fever, cough, etc. “They were not even aware that they have the infection,” he said.
The Chief Minister further informed that there are 77 containment zones in Delhi.
There are 1,893 cases, out of which 26 are in ICU and 6 are on ventilator, he said adding that 43 have died of the disease so far.
“2 per cent of country’s population lives in Delhi, but 12 per cent of corona cases are here,” Kejriwal said adding the number of cases have surged as a lot of people travelled to the capital from foreign countries, besides the Tablighi Jammat incident, that also contributed to the situation.
