Delhi Chief Minister Kejriwal extends lockdown by a week

Published On: April 25, 2021 01:04 PM NPT By: Reuters


Delhi Chief Minister Kejriwal extends lockdown by a week
People wearing face maks ride motorcycles as a municipal vehicle decontaminates a road during a 21-day nationwide lockdown to slow the spreading of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Chennai, India, April 9, 2020. REUTERS/P. Ravikumar

NEW DELHI, April 25: Delhi's Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Sunday the city state would continue to be under a lockdown till May 3, as coronavirus cases rise steeply.

India's number of cases surged by 349,691 in the past 24 hours, the fourth straight day of record peaks, and hospitals in Delhi and across the country are turning away patients after running out of medical oxygen and beds.

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