Amid a spurt in the coronavirus cases in the national capital, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday reached out to experts to audit Covid-19 death cases and suggested measures to reduce fatalities in the national Capital. The Chief Minister made the request in the meeting chaired by Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal on Wednesday.

This comes against the backdrop of Delhi's three BJP-led municipal corporations alleging inconsistencies in the official death count vis-a-vis the number of deaths projected by funerals at the crematoria and burial grounds here.

Delhi recorded 5, 246 fresh Covid-19 cases on Wednesday and a positivity rate of 8.49 per cent while 99 more fatalities pushed the death toll to 8,720. The number of tests done per million as on Wednesday was over 61778 while the total number of tests stood at over 5976437.

Baijal emphasised to enhance Information Education Communication (IEC) outreach, strict enforcement of COVID-19, appropriate behaviour and continued and coordinated action to contain positivity and mortality

Following the meeting, Baijal tweeted “Reviewed COVID situation and implementation status of  decisions taken during the meeting held under the Hon'ble Union Home Minister on 15th Nov2020 with special reference to scaling up testing, augmenting hospital capacities, conduct of house to house survey & review of home care.”

In another tweet, he said “Emphasised enhanced IEC outreach, strict enforcement of COVID appropriate behaviour and continued and coordinated action to contain positivity and mortality.”