Attained victory over Covid but fight not over: Kejriwal With 1,142 new cases, Delhi’s tally mounts to over 1.29 lakh
Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said that people of the city, his government and the Centre together have attained victory over but the fight is not yet over. Speaking at the inauguration of a 450-bed Delhi government hospital in Burari via videoconferencing, Mr Kejriwal said in the last one month, coronavirusrelated parameters have improved in the national capital. “Two crore people of Delhi, government and the Centre together have attained victory over coronavirus but it would not be correct to say that the fight is over.”
As many as 1,142 new cases and 29 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours. Of the total 1,29,531 cases in the city, 12,657 are active and 1,13,068 patients have recovered. The virusrelated fatalities have gone up to 3,806.
The newly-set up Burari hospital will have a total
of 700 beds, out of which 450-beds have been made available. Around 125 beds will have oxygen supply available with them, and the capacity will be enhanced in the coming days. Mr Kejriwal said that the new Burari hospital will serve the people of the area and will prove to be a huge support in the health infrastructure of Delhi.
Mr Kejriwal highlighted that in the last one month, the number of cases, positivity ratio and death ratio have gone down and the recovery rate has increased. “This is the result of the hard work of all the people. I want to congratulate all the doctors, nurses, paramedic staff, officials, and whoever has worked hard to achieve this goal,” he said.
The Delhi government is setting up a 700-bedded hospital in Burari. One month ago, Mr Kejriwal and deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia visited the hospital to take stock of the arrangements. In view of Covid, the chief minister had instructed to expedite the construction work of the hospital. He said, “The Delhi government is setting up a new world-class hospital having 700 beds. We are currently installing 450 beds for the treatment of Corona patients in view of the prevailing situation. Oxygen facility has been installed on every third bed in this hospital. With this, oxygen will be supplied from the cylinder on 125 beds.”