NEW DELHI : The ongoing lockdown in Delhi will be extended for another week up to May 17 morning, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Sunday.“This lockdown will be stricter and the Delhi Metro will not be plying from 10th May,"’Kejriwal said.The chief minister said that when last month COVID cases rapidly surged in Delhi, an alarming number of people facing serious conditions, needing hospitalisation, ICU beds, many lost their lives.“After 26th April, because a lockdown was imposed, the chain of the Coronavirus somewhat started to break.
Starting 26th April, the cases began to decrease. Now, in the past 2-3 days, the positivity ratio has come down to 23% from the earlier 35 %.