New Delhi: Chief Minister of Delhi Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday appealed people to do not panic in this unprecedented times of Covid-19 pandemic.
Kejriwal, while addressing the residents on Sunday, said that his government’s major focus is to tackle this virus as the national capital saw a sharp spike in COVID-19 cases.
The city has also reported the second-highest cases of the highly transmissible Omicron strain after Maharashtra.
“COVID-19 cases are increasing rapidly in Delhi, but there is no need to panic,” he said.
Currently, the active cases in the city are 6,360. Today, 3,100 new cases are expected. Only 246 hospital beds were occupied yesterday and all the cases are mild and asymptomatic, Kejriwal said, adding data shows that the impact of the rise in cases is far lesser than what it was during the second wave.