The sharp spike has led to the neighbouring Haryana government announcing a closure of their borders to reduce the spread The national capital on Thursday reported its highest single day tally for positive covid-19 cases with over a 1000 new cases being reported which took the total to over 16000 cases.
With the 1024 new cases, there are now 8470 active cases and 316 people have lost their lives. This comes days before the end of the fourth phase of lockdown which ends on 31 May.
The government is yet to announce the next stage of lockdown. The fourth phase of lockdown saw easing of restrictions across the country as movement of people was made easier along with the opening of offices and markets.