Contemporary every day coronavirus circumstances in Delhi neared a staggering 24,000 and positivity price jumped to the highest-ever 24 per cent on Saturday, with Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal calling the state of affairs “very severe and worrisome” with a scarcity of oxygen, remdesivir and tocilizumab medication.

As town has been witnessing an exponential rise in COVID-19 cases for the previous few days, Kejriwal sought the Centre’s assist to reinforce hospital beds and oxygen provide and handle the scarcity of life-saving medication.

Addressing a web-based media briefing, Kejriwal mentioned hospital beds had been filling up quick, however added that his authorities was making an attempt to extend the variety of beds within the coming days.

With town reporting round 24,000 circumstances, that is the very best single-day surge until date. A day earlier than, 19,486 COVID-19 circumstances and 141 deaths had been reported within the nationwide capital.

The every day circumstances within the nation had been lower than 10,000 within the first week of February, whereas Delhi alone was reporting solely 100-150 circumstances throughout the identical interval.

Kerjiwal mentioned that the circumstances of COVID-19 are rising quick within the nationwide capital, including that no person is aware of when the height of the present wave will come and due to this fact, it was wanted to be totally ready to take care of the rising state of affairs.

If the COVID-19 state of affairs turns into extra severe, the Delhi authorities will take all of the steps wanted to stop lack of lives, the chief minister mentioned, indicating extra restrictions within the coming days.

“Within the final 24 hours, round 24,000 recent circumstances have been reported. Inside a day, the quantity has gone up from round 19,500 to round 24,000. So, the state of affairs could be very severe and worrisome,” he mentioned.

On Thursday and Friday, town had recorded 16,699 and 17,282 circumstances, respectively.

So as to arrest the unfold of the coronavirus, the Delhi authorities has imposed a curfew this weekend and introduced closure of gyms, spas, malls, auditoriums and meeting halls until April 30.

Throughout the press convention on Saturday, Kerjiwal mentioned he has requested Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan to reinforce provides of oxygen inventory, and remdesivir and tocilizumab medication for COVID-19 sufferers in Delhi.

Officers have additionally been directed to take stern motion to examine black-marketing of remdesivir and conduct raids, the chief minister mentioned.

“Our greatest goal is to reinforce beds with oxygen provide hooked up,” he mentioned.

Within the subsequent 3-4 days, the federal government will add 6,000 extra beds, together with 1,300 at Yamuna Sports activities Advanced and a pair of,500 at Radhaswami Satsang premises, he mentioned.

In only a matter of weeks, Delhi has change into the worst-hit metropolis within the nation within the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, a state of affairs that some docs are describing as an “absolute rampage”.

The earlier highest positivity price until the third wave was on November 14 final 12 months at 15.33 per cent.

On Saturday, Kejriwal warned strict motion in opposition to hospitals which can be denying sufferers beds regardless of displaying availability on the Delhi authorities’s COVID app.

He additionally demanded that the Centre reserve 50 per cent of the full pool of beds in hospitals run by it in Delhi for COVID-19 sufferers.

The district magistrates have been directed to maintain a tab on the labs and be sure that no new samples are collected by them in the event that they have already got pending samples of COVID-19, the chief minister mentioned.

Some labs have lifted extra samples of COVID-19 suspects than their capability resulting in a delay of 3-4 days in getting take a look at studies, Kejriwal mentioned.

Kejriwal mentioned he raised the problem of scarcity of oxygen beds with the Union well being minister, including that in November final 12 months, the central authorities allotted 4,100 beds at a peak of 8,500 circumstances in Delhi.

“This time, they’ve solely offered 1,800 beds, though this wave is 3 times extra deadly than the earlier ones,” he mentioned.

Kejriwal mentioned in AIIMS, there are 1,162 beds in whole. Out of those, solely 23 beds have been reserved for coronavirus sufferers. In Safdarjung hospital, there are 2,900 beds, out of which solely 204 have been reserved for COVID-19 sufferers.

“I requested him saying that if at the very least 50{4298251308cd288b939effe95b4c029e39df70679b4587e1449e43e4b08368d8} of beds are reserved for Corona, an extra 3000-4000 beds might be made accessible for the sufferers. The ICU beds also needs to be offered.”

“We now have all the time been helped by the central authorities within the combat in opposition to Corona and I hope that this time too, the central authorities will help Delhi.”