Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday went into preventive quarantine after his wife tested positive for COVID-19.
Sunita Kejriwal, his wife, is currently in home isolation.
In June last year, Arvind Kejriwal had gone into quarantine after developing a sore throat and mild fever. Arvind Kejriwal, however, tested negative for COVID-19. Last year, multiple members of his government, including Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, had tested positive for COVID-19.
Delhi recorded a total of 23,686 COVID-19 cases and 240 deaths from the virus on Monday, with the test positivity rate reaching 26.12 per cent. The number of deaths was the highest in a 24-hour period in Delhi since the pandemic started.
With the fresh cases, the national capital's cumulative tally has risen to 8,77,146. The death toll stands at 12,361.
So far, over 7.87 lakh patients have recovered in Delhi. The number of active cases in the city increased to 76,887.
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Delhi is currently in the middle of a weeklong lockdown to curb the COVID-19 surge. Kejriwal had tweeted on Tuesday, “The lockdown in Delhi has started today. This decision has been taken in view of your health and safety. Kindly cooperate with the government and stay home to keep safe from the infection.”