COVID-19: Close To 17,000 Cases In 24 Hours, Delhi Overtakes Mumbai As Worst-Hit City

Coronavirus infections in the country are creating new records every day. Over the last 24 hours, nearly 17,000 new cases were reported across the country while 418 deaths occurred in the same period.

According to the Health Ministry’s latest bulletin, total cases has mounted to 473,105 while the death toll has increased to 14,894.

Meanwhile, active cases stand at 186,514.

418 deaths and highest single-day spike of 16,922 new #COVID19 positive cases reported in India in last 24 hours.

Positive cases in India stand at 4,73,105 including 1,86,514 active cases, 2,71,697 cured/discharged/migrated & 14,894 deaths: Ministry of Health & Family Welfare pic.twitter.com/Zp3hza8Anb

— ANI (@ANI) June 25, 2020

The situation is deteriorating rapidly in the national capital Delhi where the cases have exceeded Mumbai’s tally.

According to new figures, there are now more than 70,000 cases in Delhi while in Mumbai this figure is close to 69,000.

Due to an increase in the number of patients, there is an atmosphere of panic in Delhi's hospitals.

There is also growing spar between the Centre and the Delhi government over 5-day mandatory institutional quarantine instead of home quarantine for COVID-19 patients.

The Delhi government says that it is difficult to arrange institutional quarantine for such a large number of coronavirus patients, but the silence of the Central Government remains intact on the decision of LG Anil Baijal.

Deputy CM Manish Sisodia and CM Arvind Kejriwal are repeatedly appealing to change the decision.

It is believed that if this decision is not changed, then there will be a confrontation between Delhi and the Central Government, which will affect the people struggling with Coronavirus.