550,000 by the end of July, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia told reporters Tuesday.Over the weekend Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said in a video message on Twitter the city was “in big trouble," with rising infections and announced Delhi’s public and private hospitals will only offer virus treatment to patients who are residents of what is known as the National Capital Territory.
The order was rescinded on Monday by the federally-appointed lieutenant governor, but it laid bare the capital’s crisis.India is in a precarious position, with its financial capital Mumbai and now its political capital wracked by the epidemic.