Amidst the sharp rise in COVID-19 cases, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Monday visited Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital to review the COVID-19 .situation

He said that COVID-19 patients are satisfied with the arrangements in the hospital.

“Tried to know the needs and challenges of doctors and medical staff. I assured them to continue in the service with utmost sincerity. The government will not leave any stones unturned to provide the required services to the doctors and medical staff,” Manish Sisodia tweeted.

अभी दीन दयाल उपाध्याय अस्पताल का दौरा किया। मरीज़ों से भी हाल पूछा, सभी व्यवस्थाओं से संतुष्ट दिखे।

डॉक्टरों व मेडिकल स्टाफ की जरूरतें व चुनौतियां जानने की कोशिश की। उन्हें भरोसा दिलाया कि पूरी लगन से सेवा में लगे रहें, @ArvindKejriwal सरकार किसी प्रकार की कमी नहीं छोड़ेगी. pic.twitter.com/DKgxhLoy1n

— Manish Sisodia (@msisodia) April 19, 2021

Amid rising coronavirus cases in the national capital, the Delhi government has announced a six-day lockdown from 19 April, Monday night till 26 April Monday morning.

The lockdown will be enforced from 10 pm on April 19 till 5 am on April 26. The announcement comes after Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal held a meeting with Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal along with senior government officers over the steep rise in Covid-19 cases in the capital.

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal said, “The government will take full care of you. We took this tough decision taking the situation into consideration.”

“The six-day lockdown will help us arrange more beds in Delhi,” he added.

He said that ICU beds were almost over and oxygen supply is critically low in the national capital. He shared that one private hospital had run out of oxygen at 3 am on Saturday which could have been a major crisis.

In his address, Kejriwal said, “The Covid situation in Delhi is grim. Every health system has its threshold. Despite daily 25000 cases on average, the system is still running. But, if the health system collapses then the situation will be disastrous. The health system will not be able to handle more load. So the government believes a lockdown is imperative.”

He said that during this lockdown the government aims to ramp up the health infrastructure.

India recorded 2,73,810 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total caseload to over 1.5 crores, according to data from the Union Health Ministry.