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By: Shree1news, 24 NOV 2020
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to order a further 1,000 ICU beds within the central government-run hospitals within the national capital for coronavirus patients. He mentioned that beds needs to be reserved for Covid patients until the third wave lasts.
Kejriwal told PM Modi that the national capital noticed a peak of 8,600 COVID cases on November 10 and that the number of cases and positivity fee is steadily reducing since. The Chief Minister additionally expressed hope that this development will proceed within the coming days.
Delhi is witnessing a recent wave of Covid. As many as 121 folks misplaced their lives in Delhi on Monday as a result of coronavirus, taking the number of deaths in November alone to 1,950. The general toll within the national capital is 8,512. Monday’s toll was additionally the second-highest to date within the nation’s capital. Monday’s toll was the sixth time in 12 days that the each day number of deaths crossed the 100-mark in Delhi.
Kejriwal told PM Modi that the excessive severity of the third wave of COVID is because of many factors, pollution being an vital one. He additionally sought the Centre’s intervention to eliminate air pollution brought on by stubble-burning in adjoining states.
The Prime Minister on Tuesday interacted by way of video-conferencing with the Chief Ministers of the states which might be witnessing a surge within the number of coronavirus cases to overview the pandemic scenario. The meeting was attended by Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot, Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar, Kerala CM P Vijayan, and Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel.
Source: PIB
