Amit Shah chairs meeting on rising Covid-19 cases in Delhi

New Delhi: Union home minister Amit Shah is chairing an emergency meeting on the issue of rising cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in Delhi.

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan and Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal will be present in the meeting.

Delhi: A meeting called by Union Home Minister Amit Shah over #COVID19 situation in the national capital, is underway at North Block.

Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan, Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal, CM Arvind Kejriwal, & other officials are present at the meeting. pic.twitter.com/41nvkRzNpr

— ANI (@ANI) November 15, 2020

Shah and Kejriwal have met at least twice in the last few months to discuss the coronavirus situation in the national capital and the home minister had also intervened when Delhi witnessed its first spike.

Delhi: Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan, Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal, and CM Arvind Kejriwal arrived at North Block for a meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah over the #COVID19 situation in the national capital.

The meeting is currently underway. https://t.co/eeu2n6FSY9 pic.twitter.com/SPeqZR0ih4

— ANI (@ANI) November 15, 2020

Delhi’s coronavirus tally rose to over 4.82 lakh as it recorded 7,340 COVID-19 cases on Saturday and 96 more fatalities that pushed the death toll in the city to 7,519.

These fresh cases were detected from 49,645 tests, including 19,635 RT-PCR ones and 30,010 by rapid antigen tests, conducted the previous day. The positivity rate in the city was 14.78 per cent amid festivities and rising pollution, according to a bulletin issued by the Delhi health department.

In June, Shah and Kejriwal had visited COVID-19 Care Centre at Radha Soami Beas in Chhatarpur after the Chief Minister had written to the former inviting him to inspect the campus. He had also requested for deployment of doctors and nurses from the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) and Army at the Centre.