Night curfew has been imposed with immediate effect by Delhi government to check the surge in Covid-19 cases. The night curfew will be in place from 10 pm to 5 am till 30 April. This is done in the wake of COVID-19 situation. Delhi reported 3,548 new Covid-1919 cases, 2,936 recoveries, and 15 deaths on Monday. With this, total cases in the national capital reached 6,79,962, including 14,589 active cases.

Earlier, amid the rise in Covid-19 cases, the state government was mulling to impose night curfew in the national capital."A proposal for imposing night curfew is under consideration. The details are being discussed, including the time period of the curfew which could be from 10 pm to 5 am," a senior government official had told PTI.

Arvind Kejriwal has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging him to relax the norms for opening vaccination centres and lift the age criterion for getting inoculated. He reiterated that the Delhi government can vaccinate all the residents of the city within three months if the necessary permissions are granted by the Centre.

Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain said as the city is reeling under the fourth wave of the coronavirus pandemic, testing capacity has been ramped up and micro-containment zones being set up in areas where two or more cases are getting reported. Health experts and doctors have attributed this "sudden rise" in cases to people turning complacent, not following COVID-appropriate behaviour.

To increase vaccination coverage, the Delhi government has ordered that one-third of inoculation sites at its hospitals run round-the-clock. It also directed government as well as private hospitals to increase the number of beds reserved for coronavirus patients.

Meanwhile, India today reported more than 90,000 coronavirus infections for the third consecutive day taking the nationwide Covid-19 tally of cases to 1,26,86,049, according to the latest updates from Union Health Ministry data. A total of 96,982 cases have been reported in past 24 hours, while the death toll increased to 1,65,547 with 446 daily new fatalities.

Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Odisha, Gujarat and Punjab have also imposed night curfew to check the surge in Covid-19 cases.