Delhi may have 5.5L cases by end of July

Arvind Kejriwal tests negative for Coronavirus

Delhi, that is witnessing a steep rise in novel coronavirus cases on a daily basis, may by July end have 5.5 lakh cases. Delhi’s Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said that going by present doubling rate in the city, which is 12.6 days, Delhi may soon be under the grip of the deadly virus and may need roughly 80,000 beds for patients gasping for breath. Incidentally, World Health Organisation (WHO) too has said that Covid-19 pandemic situation was worsening around the globe.

However, the Central government continues to insist that there was no community transmission of Covid-19 in the city yet.

“Delhi may record 44,000 Covid-19 cases by June 15 and it would need 6,600 beds in hospitals. By June 30, there would be one lakh cases of coronavirus in Delhi and we will need 15,000 beds. It is estimated that Delhi will record 2.15 lakh cases by July 15 and 33,000 beds would be required. There might be 5.5 lakh cases by July 31 and Delhi would need 80,000 beds,” Sisodia said.

On Tuesday, Delhi Chief Minister tested negative for Covid-19. India on Tuesday had 9,982 fresh cases and 336 new deaths and according to union health ministry total 2,66, 598 cases and 7,471 deaths have been reported in the country so far. However, other agencies like covid19India.org said there were 2,74,479 cases and

7,712 deaths in India while John Hopkins said it were 2,68,125 cases and 7,487 deaths by Tuesday evening.

In Maharashtra, that has reported over 88,000 cases, which is higher than China, on Tuesday.