Subramanian Swamy shames Delhi CM Kejriwal as capital's COVID cases exceed Mumbai's

Slamming Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday, BJP MP Subramanian Swamy has said that national capital has w become 'international shame' due to mismanment of state government in tackling COVID-19 pandemic. As Delhi became worst-hit city by COVID-19 and surpassed total tally of Mumbai, Swamy in an indirect reference to CM Kejriwal said that he would want to become a shame of India. Subramanian Swamy has earlier also used term 'Shree 420' to hit out at Kejriwal. 

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Delhi surpasses Mumbai's COVID-19 tally

In a massive spike in number of COVID-19 cases, 3,788 fresh cases were reported in national capital on Wednesday. With this, total tally in Delhi rose to over 70,390, surpassing Mumbai to become worst-hit city in country. On Wednesday, national capital also reported 64 fresh fatalities, and death toll climbed to 2,635.

Delhi has reported highest number of cases and deaths after Maharashtra. Of four tritional metropolitan cities, Delhi w has highest number of cases. coronavirus cases in Mumbai stand at 69,625 and death toll at 3,962. Chennai has recorded 45,814 cases so far, while Kolkata h 4,896 cases until Tuesday.

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Entire City To Be Screened By July 6

AAP government on Wednesday, June 23, prepared a 'Revised COVID Response Plan' which enviss completion of house-to-house screening in Delhi by July 6. This plan, based on recommendations of Dr.VK Paul Committee, assumes significance at a juncture when Delhi is witnessing a record spike in number of COVID-19 cases. 

It comes after Union Home Minister Amit Shah stepped in to tackle crisis in national capital amid worsening situation. After meeting L-G Anil Baijal and CM Kejriwal, Shah anunced a number of measures, including massive contact tracing and ramping up COVID-19 testing, as well as construction of new Covid hospitals. Before this, Sisodia, who has taken over Delhi's health department while health minister Satyender Jain recovers from Coronavirus, h said that Delhi would have 5 lakh Covid cases by July end. 

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