Ensure implementation of parameters in COVID-19 containment zones: Delhi CS to officials

Around 400 new COVID-19 cases in Delhi: Kejriwal

New Delhi:

Delhi Chief Secretary Vijay Dev on Friday directed district magistrates and DCPs to ensure strict implementation of all parameters in the COVID-19 containment zones, sources said. The chief secretary also asked the DMs to keep up their efforts to arrest the spread of coronavirus as steps being taken by authorities are yielding good results.

Dev chaired a meeting with principal secretary (home), principal secretary (health), principal secretary (revenue), Delhi’s Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), all DMs, DCPs and other officials on the issue of modified COVID response plan for Delhi. In the meeting, the chief secretary asked all officials concerned to implement the modified COVID response plan for Delhi, sources said.

At present, there are 633 containment zones in the city. On Friday, Delhi recorded 2,089 fresh coronavirus cases, taking the tally in the city to over 1.09 lakh, while the death toll from the disease mounted to 3,300.

Forty-two fatalities have been recorded in the last 24 hours, a Delhi health department bulletin said.