Delhi: Fire tenders start spraying water in hot spots to curb pollution
Delhi Fire Service Director Atul Garg said: "From this morning, we have started spraying water. We have identified 13 hotspots, and our main focus will be on them."
Delhi Fire Service Director Atul Garg said: "From this morning, we have started spraying water. We have identified 13 hotspots, and our main focus will be on them."
A 21-member team has been formed for the Green War Room. The team will work 24 hours a day for the entire winter season.
As the global tally of coronavirus reached 7,113,366 on Tuesday, the World Health Organization (WHO) said the pandemic was 'worsening' across the world.
The country's tally of COVID-19 patients has surpassed that of Spain.
Globally, the number of coronavirus cases rose to 6,632,985 with the death toll at 3,91,136 according to Johns Hopkins University
Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal and Rajasthan account for 70 per cent of the active caseload, the Union health ministry said in a statement.
The country has 1,31,868 cases of COVID-19 and 3,867 deaths linked to the highly infectious illness. Of these, 147 patients died in the last 24 hours.
Globally, 5,102,424 people have been infected with the virus, while 3,32,524 have died due to the pandemic. The United States has recorded almost 95,000 deaths so far.
Global coronavirus cases surpassed 5 million on Wednesday, with Latin America taking over the United States and Europe in the past week to report the largest number of daily cases globally.
Maharashtra continues to remain the worst-affected state with 37,136 cases and 1,325 deaths.
