PremiumGyms in Delhi are likely to open next week as the city government continues to relax COVID lockdown restrictions as the daily COVID cases has dropped significantly.
After meeting with Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday, members of Delhi Gym Association told news agency PTI, "We met the chief minister today (Wednesday) and received a very positive response. He has promised us that gyms will be allowed to open from next week." However, no immediate reaction was available from the Delhi government on the same.
In a letter to the chief minister, the Delhi Gym Association requested the government to allow gyms to open in the next phase of the unlock process.
Pointing out that gyms were among the first entities to be closed on April 17 this year, the association said, a delayed opening would result in a “big distress" for the owners of over 5,500 gyms, yoga studios, and personal training studios across Delhi. Last year too, they were also shut for six months during the lockdown.
With the number of COVID-19 cases decreasing over the last few weeks, Delhi saw a phased unlock process, under which factories, markets and salons among other services were allowed to resume operations gradually. Gyms, however, continue to be shut.
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Covid update in Delhi
The national capital reported 111 fresh coronavirus cases on Wednesday at a positivity rate of 0.15 per cent, while seven more people succumbed to the infection, according to data shared by the health department here.
The seven new fatalities pushed the death toll in the city to 24,940. The case fatality rate stands at 1.74 per cent.
Delhi has recorded 14,33,366 coronavirus cases since the pandemic started. As many as 14,06,629 patients have recovered so far and there were 702 recoveries in the last 24 hours, according to the bulletin.
(With inputs from agencies)
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