‘Worrisome situation’: Over 10,000 COVID19 cases in Delhi in last 24 hours, says Arvind Kejriwal

New Delhi: Over 10,000 COVID19 cases in Delhi in the last 24 hours, this is a worrisome situation, said Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday.

“I have requested Centre many times regarding the removal of age restrictions on taking COVID19 vaccine. Delhi Govt is ready to conduct a door to door campaign to vaccinate people. 65% of patients in Delhi are below 35 years of age,” said Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal .

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— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) April 11, 2021

In the highest single-day spike, India reported more than 1.52 lakh new Covid-19 cases on Sunday. This is the fifth consecutive day when more than one lakh cases have been reported in the country.

According to the Union Health Ministry, the country recorded 1,52,879 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours. With this, the total number of infections has reached 1,33,58,805 in India. With 839 new Covid-related deaths in the last 24 hours, the toll in the country has mounted to 1,69,275.

Currently, there are 11,08,087 active cases in the country.

As many as 90,584 people were discharged or recovered on Thursday taking the total number of recoveries to 1,20,81,443.
The previous high was recorded on Saturday when the country reported 1,45,384 fresh Covid positive cases in a single day.

This is a developing story.