Published 06:46 IST, June 17th 2020
Delhi's Anand Vihar Railway Terminal gets nearly 270 isolation coaches
Indian Railways has reportedly placed nearly 270 isolation train coaches-turned-makeshift Covid-19 wards at Anand Vihar railway terminal situated in New Delhi.
- India News
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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, Northern Railway CPRO Deepak Kumar reportedly said on June 16. The railway officials reportedly said that the coaches will be utilised by the government whenever needed. This move comes two days after the Central government promised Delhi 500 such coaches to fight the Covid-19 crisis as the capital witnessed a huge surge in cases.
44,688 coronavirus cases
The government reportedly said that the 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. The total number of cases in Delhi stands at 44,688. The Delhi government has been reportedly putting efforts to find banquet halls and hotels to convert into COVID-19 facilities to treat the patients. According to the reports more than 40 coaches were parked at platform numbers 4 and 5 of Anand Vihar station on Tuesday.
The death from COVID-19 in the city mounted to 1,837 on Tuesday while 1,859 fresh coronavirus cases took the tally in the national capital to over 44,000-mark, according to the health bulletin released by the Delhi government. Ninety-three fatalities have been recorded in the last 24 hours, the Delhi Health Department bulletin said.
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Updated 06:46 IST, June 17th 2020