Delhi's Anand Vihar Railway Terminal gets nearly 270 isolation coaches

Indian Railways has placed nearly 270 isolation train coaches-turned-makeshift Covid-19 wards at Anand Vihar railway terminal situated in New Delhi in a move to fight coronavirus crisis, rrn Railway CPRO Deepak Kumar reportedly said on June 16. railway officials reportedly said that coaches will be utilised by government whenever needed. This move comes two days after Central government promised Delhi 500 such coaches to fight Covid-19 crisis as capital witnessed a huge surge in cases. 

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44,688 coronavirus cases

government reportedly said that capital city expects to see nearly 550,000 cases by July-end as a result of community transmission. According to a government tally, Delhi recorded a 1,859 new cases and 93 new deaths. total number of cases in Delhi stands at 44,688. Delhi government has been reportedly putting efforts to find banquet halls and hotels to convert into COVID-19 facilities to treat patients. According to reports more than 40 coaches were parked at platform numbers 4 and 5 of Anand Vihar station on Tuesday. 

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death from COVID-19 in city mounted to 1,837 on Tuesday while 1,859 fresh coronavirus cases took tally in national capital to over 44,000-mark, according to health bulletin released by Delhi government. Ninety-three fatalities have been recorded in last 24 hours, Delhi Health Department bulletin said.

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