The government stated on Saturday that the COVID-19 lockdown in Delhi has been extended for another week, allowing industrial and construction enterprises to restart operations under certain circumstances. The lockdown, which was supposed to expire on Monday, will now last until June 7.
Companies that reopen will have to adhere to severe coronavirus precautions and stagger shifts. The authorities will test workers for COVID-19 at random.
According to statistics released by the health department, Delhi registered 956 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, the lowest in over two months, and 122 more fatalities from the virus, with the positive rate falling to 1.19 percent from a peak of 36 percent in March.
This is the first time the number of cases has dropped below 1,000 since March 22, when it was 888. On March 21, there were 823 instances reported.
Arvind Kejriwal, the Chief Minister, claimed that after a long time, nearly 900 instances had surfaced in a single day “I’m hoping that as the number of cases drops in the coming weeks, we’ll be able to unlock even more. We want economic activity to resume so that the economy may be revitalised “..
On Friday, he said it was time to begin the unlocking procedure, but cautioned that if coronavirus cases began to rise again, “we would have to halt the unlocking activity,” and urged people not to leave their homes unless absolutely essential.
“This is the time to unlock lest people escape corona only to die of hunger (but) To avoid losing the advantage gained in the past month, everyone is of the opinion that we must open slowly, slowly. There has to be some balance,” he said.
Mr. Kejriwal had stated on May 15 that “The virus is slowly but gradually fading in Delhi, and I am hopeful that it would fade totally and not resurface. We will not, however, become irresponsible in any manner “, but with a forewarning tone.
A deadly second wave of the epidemic has ravaged the country, killing thousands of deaths every day, and a recent oxygen supply problem at multiple hospitals has added to the catastrophe.
Since April 19, the number of daily cases and single-day deaths has been steadily increasing, with over 28,000 cases and 277 deaths on April 20 and 306 deaths on April 22. According to official figures, the city had a total of 407 deaths on May 2.
However, the number of cases has been decreasing, and the positive rate has also been decreasing in recent days.
