The Delhi government on Saturday decided to implement the Centre's guidelines on the opening of the neighbourhood and stand-alone shops during the lockdown but said no activity will be allowed in containment zones, as the number of coronavirus cases rose to 2,625 in the national capital.
Coronavirus cases in the national capital have crossed the 2,500-mark while the death toll has risen to 53. In the last 24 hours, Delhi has reported 3 more COVID-19 deaths. As per latest MoHFW figures, Delhi has 2,514 confirmed cases of coronavirus. As many as 857 people in the national capital have recovered after contracting the virus.
Coronavirus in Delhi: Six members of the same family have been tested positive in Shahdara after an elderly person of the same family succumbed to COVID-19 infection on April 11. Authorities have quarantined the entire family to contain the spread of coronavirus.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a video conference on Friday said that in the last few days, they have tried plasma therapy on 4 COVID-19 patients at Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital and till now the results are encouraging.
The first patient who was administered plasma therapy in Max Hospital in Delhi's Saket showed "positive" results and was weaned off ventilator support, Max Healthcare said in a statement today.
Delhi's Azadpur Mandi, the largest wholesale fruit and vegetable market in the country, will be open for 24 hours starting tomorrow, news agency ANI quoted Delhi minister Gopal Rai as saying.
Coronavirus cases in the national capital have crossed the 2,000-mark while the death toll has risen to 45. In the last 24 hours, Delhi has reported 107 COVID-19 cases and 3 deaths. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, while addressing the public on Sunday, spoke of the severity of the situation. "Coronavirus in Delhi is spreading rapidly. If there was no lockdown in place the condition could have been even worse," he said.
In a first-of-its-kind clinical use of convalescent plasma therapy in Punjab, doctors on Saturday will try to cure a COVID-19 patient by using plasma of another cured young volunteer patient.
The recent case of a pizza delivery boy testing positive for the coronavirus has sent an alarm in South Delhi. District Magistrate Dr. Brij Mohan Mishra has ordered health screening of all the delivery boys inside the shops. He said all the delivery agents must take care of social distancing and hygeine or else face action.
Sixty-eight staff members including doctors and nurses of a city hospital have been sent to home quarantine after a 25-year-old pregnant woman admitted there died possibly due to coronavirus, officials said Thursday.
Coronavirus in Delhi: A pizza delivery agent in South Delhi has been tested positive for coronavirus after which 72 families in the area have been placed under home quarantine. The food outlet was associated with Zomato and a statement has been issued by Zomato in this regard.
Coronavirus in Delhi: A senior had citizen died after he had tested positive with COVID-19 after he came in contact with the security guard of his bungalow, who despite looking healthy was actually infected by the virus after attending the Tablighi Jamaat religious congregation.
Coronavirus in Delhi: According to South Delhi District Magistrate BM Mishra, a delivery boy from a famous pizza chain in Malviya Nagar area tested positive on Tuesday, following which the authorities immediately decided to quarantine his 16 colleagues at the outlet.
Coronavirus in Delhi: While nine new containment zones were announced on Tuesday, four red zones were announced on Monday. Earlier, 10 new red zones were announced on Sunday.
The total number of coronavirus cases in the national capital on Sunday rose to 1154, with 85 fresh cases and five deaths being reported in a day, according to the Delhi government authorities.
Delhi government has declared street No.18 to 22 of Zakir Nagar, nearby area of Abu Bakar Masjid and rest of Zakir Nagar as 'containment zones', after Covid-19 positive patients were found here earlier
A resident of Delhi's posh Lajpat Nagar has tested positive for the deadly coronavirus. Naveen Ramani, who was diagnosed for COVID-19, is a bed-ridden kidney patient. The infection has claimed at least 12 lives in the national capital so far.
Three cancer patients admitted at the Delhi State Cancer Institute have tested positive for COVID-19, taking the total number of coronavirus cases at the hospital to 21.
The Delhi government on Thursday updated the list of hotspots in the national capital adding a few more places taking the total number of high-risk COVID-19 areas to 25.
According to the Delhi Health Department, 249 of the total cases were people who had travelled abroad or came in contact with affected persons; and 430 came from Markaj (centre) in Nizamuddin area of South Delhi.
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