Mumbai: The Delhi government imposed a curfew over the weekend in view of the worsening situation due to the coronavirus pandemic in the national capital.
After a high-level meeting with Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Thursday that “It has been decided to impose weekend curfew in Delhi to control the spread of COVID 19.”
The city recorded the highest single-day spike of 17,282 fresh COVID-19 infections and 104 related deaths on Wednesday. The total infection caseload of Delhi has reached 7,67,438.
There are 50,736 active cases so far. The total COVID-19 deaths in the national capital now stand at 11,540, with 104 additional deaths in the last 24 hours.
Furthermore, a total of 9,952 people recovered from the virus in the said period, taking the total number of recoveries to 7,05,162. The COVID-19 positivity rate of Delhi also jumped to 15.92 per cent on Wednesday
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