Delhi sees 3,594 new Covid cases in 24 hours; Kejriwal rules out lockdown

Centre should allow states to vaccinate everyone on war footing. Need to involve non-healthcare facilities in inoculation drive, Kejriwal says

Amid rising coronavirus cases, Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said that there is no plan to impose a lockdown and said that the only way to tackle fresh wave of infections is through mass vaccinations. 

On Friday, Delhi reported 3,594 new infections and 14 deaths, taking the case tally to 668,814. The positivity rate also mounted to 4.11 per cent amid a massive surge in cases in the span of the last few weeks.

Addressing the media on coronavirus situation in the national capital, Kejriwal said that Delhi is seeing fourth wave of infections and that there is no need