As many as 24,000 calls have been made by people in the National Capital to access Delhi Government-run ambulance services in the last two weeks in Delhi as the city is witnessing a fresh surge in cases of Covid-19.
According to a bulletin by the Delhi health department, Delhi recorded more than 70 fatalities from COVID-19 for the third consecutive day on Monday, taking the death toll to 7060, while 5023 fresh cases pushed the infection tally in the national capital to over 4.4 lakh.
Besides, the centralised Control Room set up by the Delhi government has received over 5,000 calls to seek coronavirus-related information. The Capital recorded 54 deaths on October 26 pushing the toll to 6,312. The next day, 4,853 fresh cases and 44 fatalities were reported. From October 28 onwards, the surge has been huge and over 5,000 daily cases were recorded per day from October 28-November 1.