Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said the national capital recorded around 900 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours – its lowest since March 21 – and stressed that if new infections continue to decline, more activities will be allowed to open up in the city. The process of lifting the lockdown gradually in the capital will begin from Monday, starting with the resumption of construction activities and the reopening of factories for a week, Kejriwal had announced on Friday.
The phase-wise unlocking process in Delhi will begin after over six weeks of lockdown enforced in view of the second wave of Covid-19. “Delhi recorded around 900 cases in the last 24 hours. Cases have come down below 1000 and the infections decline, we will begin unlocking more activities. We want the economic activities to come on track,” Kejriwal said on the sidelines of an event.
State health minister Satyendar Jain in a tweet highlighting the dip in positive cases noted that total positive cases come down to 956. “These are lowest numbers since 21 March,” he said.
Total positive cases come down to 956. These are lowest numbers since 21 March. We still need to take all precautions and follow covid appropriate behavior to beat the virus. pic.twitter.com/BObrSM7EoB— Satyendar Jain (@SatyendarJain) May 29, 2021
Active cases in Delhi have also shown a massive decline from nearly a lakh cases to around 15,000. On April 28, the number of active cases recorded in the national capital was 99,725. A month later, on Friday, data showed that the state had 14,581 active cases after 2,799 recovered from the infection. This is a major decline in active cases by 85.4 per cent.
Kejriwal visited the Delhi government’s drive-through COVID-19 vaccination centre at the Chhatrasal Stadium. “People can come to this centre in a car or on a motorcycle. They are also coming on foot. As soon as we receive vaccines for the 18-44 age group, we will also start this for them,” he said.
The Delhi government has floated a global expression of interest (EOI) for the procurement of the Covid-19 vaccine on an urgent basis. “We have done global tender and are hoping that some company comes. Different governments have done global tendering but the results have not been inspiring. If some company approaches us, it will be good. But what I understand is that world over companies want to talk to the Centre for procurement of vaccines,” he told reporters.
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