Lockdown In Delhi From 10 PM Tonight Up Till April 26

The Delhi authorities on Monday introduced a whole lockdown in the town from 10 tonight until subsequent Monday morning amid a spurt in Covid-19 cases.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal held an assembly with Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal on Monday to talk about the Covid scenario in the city.

Speaking at a press conference in Delhi after the meeting, Kejriwal said the lockdown is purely for six days. He appealed to migrant employees now not to go away Delhi for the duration of the 'small lockdown'.

The lockdown will begin from 10 pm nowadays and will be enforced till subsequent Monday 5 am.

During the lockdown, personnel of all personal places of work will work from domestic and solely authorities places of work will continue to be open.

All integral services will be allowed in the city.

Marriages will be allowed with solely 50 human beings in attendance who will be issued passes.

Delhi recorded around 23,500 COVID-19 instances in the remaining 24 hours, stated Kejriwal.

"So far, we had been managing the fitness infrastructure efficaciously however with such an excessive quantity of day-by-day cases, our fitness gadget is crumbling", stated Kejriwal.

Expressing his difficulty over a careworn fitness machine he said, "We took the choice to impose a lockdown as we experience there is the no different alternative left".

"If we do not impose a lockdown now, a huge tragedy may take place", he said.

Kejriwal in his tackle advised human beings to have belief in him and do now not panic.

"I attraction to Delhiites to comply with lockdown which is quintessential to decrease Covid cases; we will enhance fitness machine for the duration of this time", stated Kejriwal.

A weekend curfew had already been imposed in the country-wide capital which is witnessing a huge spurt in Covid cases.

Delhi on Sunday recorded the most important soar in its each day COVID-19 tally with 25,462 easy cases, at the same time as the positivity price shot as much as 29. seventy-four percent -- meaning nearly every and each third sample being tested withinside the town is growing positive. 

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday stated the town is going through an "acute shortage" of oxygen for COVID-19 sufferers and alleged that the quota of the metropolis has been diverted to different states.

The Delhi authorities on Monday deployed two groups of officers to display procurement and grant of oxygen and the Remdesivir drug amid a scarcity of each following an exponential upward jab in COVID-19 instances here.