Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday sounded an optimistic note on the incidence of COVID-19 in the national capital, stating its intensity will reduce in the coming days.
The Delhi government had managed to contain the daily rise of COVID-19 cases by late July, bringing it to below 1,000. However, COVID-19 cases surged from mid-August.
Speaking at an event at the Dr Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, Kejriwal was quoted by NDTV as saying Delhi might have "crossed the peak of second COVID-19 wave that the national capital is witnessing".
Kejriwal was quoted by news agency ANI as saying, "From July 1 to August 17, cases were in control. We noticed that cases increased and it reached 4,500 new COVID-19 cases on September 17 and now [are] coming down. So experts are believing that the second wave of coronavirus, which had hit the Delhi, is now on peak and its intensity will be less in the coming days."
Kejriwal highlighted coordinated efforts involving government agencies and non-governmental agencies to fight COVID-19. "When new COVID-19 cases were reported in the large number, we had controlled the coronavirus cases with the help of the Central government, NGOs and Delhiites. I want to thank everyone for their efforts. As a responsible government, we had increased testing from 20,000 to 60,000 daily," Kejriwal was quoted by ANI as saying.
Delhi is the state with the sixth-highest number of COVID-19 cases in the country. As of Thursday morning, Delhi had recorded 2,56,789 cases and 5,087 fatalities.
