Delhi on Sunday registered highest single-day spike of 2,224 COVID-19 cases. The national capital also reported 56 deaths. With this, the total number of cases in the national capital is now at 41,182, including 15,823 recovered-discharged-migrated, 24,032 active cases and 1,327 deaths, Delhi Health Department informed.
Being one of the states having highest number of coronavirus after Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu, Delhi has now 242 actual containing zones. Take a look at the list of all containment, de-contained, active containment zones in the national capital.
List of containment zones in Delhi.
In another development, with Union Home Minister Amit Shah calling an all-party meeting on Monday morning to "review management of Covid-19 situation" in Delhi, the political signalling was unmistakable.
While Shah as the Home Minister stepped in only after the apex court's unambiguous rap, calling the handing of the situation "horrendous, horrific, pathetic", this all-party meeting comes after the one convened by Lt Governor Anil Baijal.
According to sources, the Delhi unit of the Congress, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will be represented at the meeting. Senior officials of the Delhi and the central governments will also be present.
Politically, it sends out a signal that Shah has taken charge of the situation in the national capital that has come under severe criticism from many quarters.
Interestingly, Monday's meeting comes within 24 hours of the Centre attaching six Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officials to the Delhi government to help in Covid-19 management.
(With inputs from IANS)
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