In the wake of the alarming rise of Covid-19 cases, Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) has issued directions against holding of public celebration and gathering during upcoming festivals such as Holi, Shab-e-Barat, Navratri etc. In order issued by Delhi Chief Secretary, it said that such festivities will not be allowed in public places, including parks, markets, religious places.
Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal, who is also chairperson of DDMA, held a review meeting on increasing Covid-19 cases in the national capital on Monday. It viewed that Covid cases were growing at an alarming pace and there should be an administrative response to curb it. “Situation of the Covid-19 in Delhi has been reviewed and it has been observed that a persistent rise in COVID -19 cases in NCT of Delhi during the last fortnight. It anticipated that gathering, congregations, and public celebration during upcoming festivals like Holi, Shab-e-Barat, Navaratri, etc. may pose a considerable threat of the spread of the virus and may cause a setback to the appreciable gain made in the suppression of the chain of transmission of Covid-19 cases in Delhi. Considering this it has been decided that public celebration and all gatherings/ during upcoming festivals will not be allowed in public places,” an order issued by Delhi Chief Secretary Vijay Dev read.
On Tuesday, Delhi saw its daily Covid tally rise sharply to 1,101, as against 888 on Monday, while there were four more deaths reported. According to the Delhi health bulletin, 620 patients were reported to have recovered from the infection, while the total active cases in the city stand at 4,411 on Tuesday. The positivity rate was 1.31 per cent, while the cumulative positive rate went up to 4.65 per cent, and cumulative cases to 6,49,973.
A total of 84,237 samples were tested in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of tests conducted in the city to 13,974,132.
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