There are 669 COVID-19 positive cases in the national capital.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday announced that containment exercise will be carried out in 21 areas of Delhi where coronavirus cases were found, adding that the areas will be completely sealed and essential services will be delivered to the residents' doorsteps.
"Containment exercise will be carried out in 21 areas of Delhi where #COVID19 cases have been found. These areas will be completely sealed & residents will be home quarantined. Essential services will be delivered to the residents' doorsteps," Kejriwal said.
Speaking on the incident of two female doctors of Safdarjung Hospital being allegedly assaulted by their neighbour in Gautam Nagar. Kejriwal said, "I'd like to warn people who misbehave with doctors/nurses that it won't be tolerated. They'll be given strictest punishment."
Earlier in the day, Kejriwal held a meeting with Medical Directors, Superintendents of Delhi's government and private hospitals, via video-conferencing, to formulate a strategy for early identification of coronavirus patients in Delhi.
The Health Minister of Delhi, Satyendra Jain, on Thursday, briefed the media regarding the situation in the national capital, where he said that out of the 669 positive cases of COVID-19 in Delhi, as many as 426 are from the Tablighi Jamaat event at the Nizamuddin Markaz mosque in the city.
"Till now, there are 669 COVID-19 positive cases in the city, including 426 cases from Markaz," Jain said.
Jain also informed that rapid testing for COVID-19 will be started as soon as the testing kits arrive. "Testing will be first done in the COVID-19 hotspots in the city. We have demanded the rapid testing kits from the Centre and have given orders to companies as well," he said.
Apart from Delhi, that coronavirus hotspots in 15 districts of the states, including Lucknow and Noida, will be sealed off to stop the spread of novel coronavirus as people residing in certain areas are not following the lockdown.
The 15 districts are Agra, Lucknow, Ghaziabad, Gautam Buddha Nagar (GB Nagar), Kanpur, Varanasi, Shamli, Meerut, Bareilly, Bulandshahr, Basti, Firozabad, Saharanpur, Maharajganj and Sitapur.
In India, the total number of coronavirus cases has risen to 5865.
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