No need to impose another lockdown in the national capital: CM
VINIT WAHI / NEW DELHI
Delhi stands at top position with 87.95 percent recovery rate from Coronavirus. Ladakh, Haryana, Telangana and Assam are other top performing States and Union Territories wherein the recovery rate is above 74 per cent.
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal asserted that there is no need to impose another lockdown in the national capital. Addressing a digital briefing CM said,“There was no need to impose second lockdown in Delhi. This is a matter of satisfaction.”
He further claimed that there’s improvement in COVID situation in Delhi and at present the recovery rate in the city is 88 per cent. “There is a decline in the number of deaths. Only 9% of the people are ill now and 2-3% of the people have died. The Delhi model is being discussed in India and abroad”, the Chief Minister said.
17 States and Union Territories have better recovery rates than the national average of 63.92 per cent. Maximum numbers of people have recovered in Maharashtra followed by Tamil Nadu, Delhi and Andhra Pradesh.
In terms of fatality rate, there are 29 States and Union Territories which have lower fatality rates than the national average of fatality rate. In the total active cases, 68.83 per cent caseloads are from Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.
India achieved a remarkable feat today by performing more than five lakh tests of coronavirus samples in one day.
Indian Council of Medical Research said that a record five lakh 15 thousand 472 tests of corona virus samples were conducted by the various laboratories within 24 hours. More than one crore 68 lakh tests have been conducted in the country so far. Starting from less than 100 tests per day, a multiple fold increase in a few months was made possible by dedicated teams of research institutions, medical colleges, testing laboratories, Ministries, airlines and postal services.