Due to no improvement in the situation due to Corona in the capital Delhi, the state government has extended the lockdown in the state for another week. CM Kejriwal announced this. He said that we have taken this decision after considering it. During the press conference, CM Kejriwal said that Corona cases are increasing rapidly in Delhi. Therefore, it was very important to put a lockdown in Delhi.
CM Kejriwal said that lockdown is the last weapon to deal with Corona. The way cases were increasing. It was necessary to use the last weapon. Corona still continues to wreak havoc. Therefore, we have decided to increase the lockdown in the state. The lockdown has been extended till 5 am on May 3.
Regarding oxygen, CM Arvind Kejriwal said, “We have started a portal which will be updated every two hours by oxygen manufacturers, suppliers and hospitals for better management of oxygen supply.” Central and state teams are working together.
CM Kejriwal said, ‘Corona continues to wreak havoc in Delhi. The lockdown in Delhi is being extended to 5 am next Monday. During the lockdown we saw that the positivity rate reached about 36-37 percent, we have not seen such infection rate in Delhi till date.
The infection rate has decreased slightly for the last one or two days and today it has come down to 30 per cent.
Corona cases update
The number of deaths due to corona in Delhi is increasing everyday. During the last 24 hours, 357 people have died due to corona in Delhi. This is a new record of death due to corona in the capital. So far 13898 people have died. At present there are 93,080 active corona patients in Delhi. Of these, 50,285 corona patients are living in home isolation, while the remaining patients have been admitted to several hospitals and corona centers in Delhi.
Corona positivity rate still remains in excess of 32 percent in Delhi. During the last 24 hours, a total of 74,702 people were corona examined in Delhi. Of these, 24,103 persons have been found to be corona positive. During this time, 22,695 corona patients have also become healthy .
