New Delhi India January 9 ANI Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said the national capital is expected to report 22,000 new COVID 19 cases on Sunday. He said there was no need to panic citing the comparative statistics with the second wave in the country.
The State Health Department said on Saturday that 20,181 new COVID 19 cases were reported in the last 24 hours, the highest since May 5 last year. The city has reported 513 cases of the Omicron variant so far.
According to Kejriwal, about 20,000 new COVID 19 cases were reported in Delhi yesterday, and it is expected to rise to 22,000 cases. The cases are rising daily and are a matter of concern. He said that when 20,000 cases were reported in a day during the second wave of COVID cases in the city, 341 deaths were reported against 7 deaths.
Nearly 20,000 cases were reported in Delhi on May 7, 2021 in the second wave in April-May, 2021. There were 341 deaths and 7 deaths reported yesterday when the city reported the same number of cases. Almost 20,000 beds were occupied in Delhi at the time, but only 1,500 beds are occupied, he said.
The people are not having to hospitalise themselves this time. There are less deaths and more deaths are reported. I have presented this data so that you understand that there is no need to panic. Kejriwal said there is a need to be responsible.
He said that the government does not intend to impose a lock down in the city, despite the possibility of imposing a lock-down in the city.
We do not want to impose a lock down in the city. There will not be a lock down if you follow COVID appropriate behaviour. We do not intend to impose a lock down at the moment. The Chief Minister said that they wanted to impose the minimum restrictions so that the people can earn their livelihood.
Kejriwal said that the Government will review the situation with the experts at the DDMA meeting scheduled to be held on Monday.
We have a meeting of DDMA tomorrow. We will review the situation with the experts on what needs to be done further. He said we are getting the support of the Centre.
India reported 1,59, 632 new COVID 19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the daily positivity rate in the country to 10.21 per cent, said the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Sunday.
A total of 3,623 cases of the Omicron variant of coronavirus have been reported in India so far, according to the Health Ministry. The number of recovered patients from the variant increases to 1,409.