New Delhi

The imposition of a lockdown is currently not being considered in the national capital to contain the spread of coronavirus, Delhi Cabinet  Minister Gopal Rai said on Tuesday.

“Delhi government is working on all methodologies and innovative ideas to control coronavirus. In many places in the country after the nationwide lockdown last year, a night curfew was imposed, which is helpful in protecting people in that time frame. However, this government is not dependent on night curfew alone”, Rai said.

In view of rising Covid-19 cases, the Delhi government of Tuesday imposed a night curfew in the national capital from 10 pm to 5 am.

The order will be imposed with immediate effect till April 30. Delhi reported 3,548 new Covid-1919 cases, 2,936 recoveries, and 15 deaths on Monday. With this, total cases in the national capital reached 6,79,962, including 14,589 active cases.

Meanwhile, India reported more than 96,982 cases new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, informed the Union Health Ministry on Tuesday.

On March 2, Kejriwal had said that the national capital is witnessing an exponential increase in new cases, however the seriousness of the infection rate this time is low in comparison to the previous waves and hence there is no need of imposing any lockdown.

"We will be reviewing the situation. In future, if the need for a lockdown arises, I will consult before taking any such decision," the Chief Minister added.

On Sunday, the national capital had reported 4,033 new cases, the highest single-day tally in 2021. The city had reported 3,567 new cases on April 3, and 3,594 cases on April 2.