NEW DELHI:
Five new areas were added to the list of
containment zones in Delhi on Thursday, ANI reported. With this the total number of containment zones in the national capital now stands at 163.
Earlier, fifty-nine zones had been de-contained so far.
More on Covid-19A record single-day spike of 1,513 cases took the COVID-19 tally in Delhi past the 23,000-mark on Wednesday and the death toll due to the disease climbed to 606, authorities said.
The previous highest single-day spike of 1,298 cases was recorded on Tuesday.