Delhi logs record 448 Covid-19 deaths on Monday
K.R.Srivats
New Delhi |
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May 04, 2021
Cumulative positivity rate moves further up to 6.99 per cent The national capital Delhi’s Covid-19 daily death toll continues to be a picture of worry, with Monday’s count coming in at 448 deaths, the highest ever so far since the pandemic outbreak last year. Monday marked the third consecutive day when the daily Covid-19 death toll surpassed the 400-mark.
New infections in the last 24 hours to Monday stood at 18,043, lower than 20,394 recorded in the previous day. The number of tests conducted on Monday stood at 61,045, the latest Delhi State Health Bulletin released on Monday night showed.
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Business and political leaders often go philosophical to explain away things not going their way. The Reserve Bank of India has turned to literature and popular writers to give comfort at a time when the country is going through economic uncertainty. In its latest State of the Economy Report, the RBI has used quotes from Valmiki, Benjamin Franklin, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Paulo Coelho, Barack Obama, William Shakespeare among others to infuse hope. For example, it quotes Dostoyevsky that the secret of man’s being is not only to live but to have something to live for, to convey that India has a lot to live for, including the strong likelihood of emerging the world’s fastest-growing economy in 2021 and 2022. If words could soothe economic sentiments, the RBI would have done its job.
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Labourers working at a new cremation ground being built at Sarai Kale Khan, New Delh. Photo: Kamal Narang
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In the last 17 days alone, Delhi has added near 4 lakh positive cases The national capital Delhi’s daily Covid-19 death toll, which has been a picture of worry, saw some moderation on Friday with death count coming at 375, lower than the all time high of 395 seen on Thursday.
The daily death count on Tuesday and Wednesday stood at 381 and 368 respectively.
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To set up vaccination centres on a large scale
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday said that Delhi proposes to set up vaccination centres on a large scale so as to vaccinate all people above 18 years in the next three months from May 1.
The third phase of India s vaccination drive is set to launch on May 1 when all Indians above 18 years will be eligible for Covid vaccination.
“Had a meeting with the officials on vaccination drive in Delhi. Prepared a plan to vaccinate all above 18 years in the next 3 months. We will set up vaccination centres on a large scale. All eligible people must come forward to get vaccinated”, Kejriwal tweeted on Thursday.
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Covid-19 patients inside a hospital in New Delhi (file photo) Shiv Kumar Pushpakar×
In the last 24 hours up to Thursday, the new Covid19 count was 24,235 cases
The national capital Delhi recorded 395 deaths in the last 24 hours, the Delhi State Health Bulletin said on Thursday evening.
This was the highest single day rise in death toll in the city since the outbreak of the pandemic last year.
On Wednesday, the daily death count stood at 368. Prior to the latest daily death count of 395, the highest ever single day death rate was recorded on Tuesday at 381.
In the last 24 hours upto Thursday, the total new covid19 count was 24,235, lower than 25,986 new infections on Wednesday.