Delhi has hit peak in second wave of coronavirus pandemic: Arvind Kejriwal

NEW DELHI: Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday said the national capital has now turned the corner in the second wave of Covid-19.

This is the first time any state in the country claimed to have reached the second wave of the pandemic. The total number of cases in Maharashtra, which has reported the highest Covid-19 case load, is 12,63,799 cases. Delhi stands at the fifth spot with 2,56,789 cases.

Speaking at a programme in PUSA (Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University), Mr Kejriwal was quoted by agencies as saying, "experts feel that Delhi has peaked in the second Covid-19 wave that the national capital is witnessing".


"On September 16, Delhi recorded approximately 4,500 cases. After that, the cases started to decline and in the last 24 hours, 3,700 cases have come up in the national capital," the chief minister said. "In the coming days, the numbers will decline further," he added.

The daily spike in cases in Delhi had crossed the 4,000-mark for the first time on September 9, when the total number of cases had crossed the 2 lakh-mark. The death count recorded that day was 20, the total number of fatalities was 4,638.