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The number of positive coronavirus cases in Delhi crossed the 6000 mark today. With 338 new cases of coronavirus reported today in the national capital, the Covid-19 count reached 6,318, according to data published by the Union Ministry of Health (until 8 am). With a population of around 19 million, Delhi is the third most affected state in the country, after Maharashtra and Gujarat.
As of May 7, Delhi had 83 containment zones. After the district administration declares an area a containment zone, the Delhi government initiates ‘Operation SHIELD’: sealing, home quarantine, isolation and monitoring, essential supply, local sanitation, and door-to-door control, to control the spread of the virus.
Meanwhile, the death toll from Covid-19 rose to 1,981 and the number of cases rose to 59,662 today, according to the Union health ministry. The number of active coronavirus cases was 39,834, while 17,846 people recovered and one patient migrated, he said.
The health ministry said Friday that citizens have to learn to live with the coronavirus. “We will have to learn to live with the virus. All practices should be implemented as a behavior change, “said Luv Agarwal, joint secretary of the ministry of health.
Delhi Prime Minister Arvind Kejriwal also recently said that people will have to be ready to live with the new coronavirus and that the time has come to reopen the city as the government announced certain relaxations.
Health Minister Satyendar Jain said a 400-bed hospital in Burari, northwest Delhi, will start operating as a COVID-19 care center in the next two to three days to increase health infrastructure. He also said that the Delhi government ordered all COVID-19 test reports to be delivered within 24 hours, otherwise the laboratories will not be able to perform tests.
Meanwhile, alcohol lovers continued to clutter up the city’s liquor stores, even when the electronic token system introduced by the Delhi government failed to fully take off due to heavy traffic on the designated website.
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