Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday held a review meeting on Covid-19 situation in the national capital. He urged the people of Delhi to cooperate with the government in checking the spread of the infection and posted three requests.
“Held review meeting. We r taking several steps to increase beds in both pvt and govt sectors. Urge everyone to cooperate. 1. Pl pl follow covid protocols 2. Don’t rush to the hospital unless necessary 3. Go n vaccinate if u r eligible,” Kejriwal tweeted.
Held review meeting. We r taking several steps to increase beds in both pvt and govt sectors. Urge everyone to cooperate.
1. Pl pl follow covid protocols
2. Don’t rush to hospital unless necessary
3. Go n vaccinate if u r eligible
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) April 12, 2021
The daily coronavirus cases crossed the 10,000-mark for the first time since the pandemic began in Delhi on Sunday.
The chief minister termed the situation “very serious” and appealed to people not to step out of houses unless it was urgent.
Amid the increase in the coronavirus cases in the national capital, the Delhi health minister Satyendar Jain said on Monday that the city government has written to the Centre to again scale up beds meant for Covid-19 patients in its hospitals.
“We are ramping up medical infrastructure post the surge in cases and 5,000 beds have been added in last one week,” Jain told reporters.
“We have also written to the Centre to again scale up Covid beds in its hospitals in Delhi in view of the massive surge. As of now, about 1,090 beds are there in their hospitals, which was above 4,000 during the last surge. So, our request is to scale up back to that level,” the minister said.
According to data shared by the Health Department, Delhi recorded 10,774 fresh cases of Covid-19 on Sunday.
🏥Delhi Health Bulletin – 11th April 2021🏥#DelhiFightsCorona pic.twitter.com/28hewvwIdB
— CMO Delhi (@CMODelhi) April 11, 2021
As per Sunday’s bulletin, 48 new fatalities were also recorded, pushing the death toll to 11,283.
Meanwhile, according to the Union health ministry, India reported over 1.60 lakh new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, which took the total number of cases to 1,35,27,717.
