Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday said that experts believe the Capital is hit by the second wave of the coronavirus, which is at its peak, and its intensity will decline in the coming days, News18 reported. This is the first time any state has claimed to have entered a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic.
“On September 16, Delhi recorded approximately 4,500 cases,” Kejriwal said at a programme in Dr Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, according to NDTV. “After that, the cases started to decline and in the last 24 hours, 3,700 cases have come up in the national Capital. In the coming days, the numbers will decline further.”
Delhi had recorded 4,473 new cases on September 16 – the highest single-day rise in infections since the pandemic started.
Kejriwal said the government was able to control the spike in coronavirus cases with the…