Delhi reports 805 new Covid cases, total reaches 1,38,482

The national capital has registered 805 new novel coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, taking the tally to over 1.38 lakh, while the toll rose to 4,021 with 17 more deaths. The Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday handed over compensation of `1 crore to Dr Joginder Chaudhary’s family members who succumbed to coronavirus.

The three-figure count for the new Covid cases was recorded on a day when the total number of tests conducted was 10,133. The number of active cases stood at 10,207, down from 10,356 the previous day. The total number of cases climbed to 1,38,482.

“Seventeen more fatalities have been recorded in the past 24 hours, taking the toll to 4,021,” said the health bulletin by Delhi health department.

On Sunday, the daily cases count had dipped to 961 and there were 15 deaths from the pathogen. On June 23, Delhi had reported the highest single-day spike of 3,947 cases till date.

Mr Kejriwal had tweeted, “Deaths in Delhi come down to 15. Less than 1000 cases. Let’s all keep working hard to ensure that the downward trend continues.”

Mr Kejriwal and Delhi health minister Satyendar Jain, meanwhile, met the family of late Dr Joginder Chaudhary who succumbed to coronavirus and handed over compensation of `1 crore to them.

Dr Chaudhary, a 28-yearold junior resident doctor at Delhi government’s Baba Saheb Ambedkar (BSA) Hospital, succumbed to the coronavirus last month. He had contracted COVID-19 on June 27. Dr Chaudhary had joined the casualty department of BSA in November last year. He hailed from Singrauli in Madhya Pradesh’s Neemuch district.

The junior doctor was admitted at the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital’s ICU ward. Unable to meet the cost of Covid treatment, Dr Chaudhary’s father, a farmer, was helped by the medical fraternity in New Delhi.

◗ ON SUNDAY, the daily cases count had dipped to 961 and there were 15 deaths from the pathogen. On June 23, Delhi had reported the highest single-day spike of 3,947 cases till date