Covid-19: Delhi records highest new cases, crosses 4,000 mark

Name: Covid-19: Delhi records highest new cases, crosses 4,000 mark
Uploaded: 10 Sep 2020, 08:43:29 AM
Duration: 01:24
Channel: TIMESOFINDIA.COM

Sep 10, 2020, 08:43:29 AM | TOI.in

The daily tally of Covid-19 cases in Delhi crossed 4,000 for the first time on Wednesday with 4,039 people testing positive. The earlier peak was on June 23 when Delhi recorded 3,947 new cases. Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal pointed out in a tweet that Delhi was also testing aggressively with 54,517 tests having been carried out in the past 24 hours. These included both RT-PCR and rapid antigen tests. The latest tally has taken the total number of cases in the city to 2,01,174 while the toll has mounted to 4,638. In the past 24 hours, 20 deaths were recorded. The CM called an emergency meeting with the health minister, senior officials and chiefs of Delhi government hospitals on Wednesday to review the situation. Directing the hospitals and authorities to take all preventive measures to check the spread of the virus and ensure zero deaths, the CM also issued directions for increasing the number of tests.