Delhi court judge Kovai Venugopal dies of COVID-19

Delhi Saket Court judge, Kovai Venugopal on Monday died due to coronavirus. He got infected with the deadly virus a few days back and had been under treatment.

New Delhi:A senior judge of the Delhi Saket court, Kovai Venugopal has succumbed to coronavirus on Monday. According to the reports, he got infected with the deadly virus a few days back and had been under treatment.

Meanwhile, Delhi recorded the biggest jump in its daily Covid tally with 25,462 fresh cases and a positivity rate of nearly 30 per cent, which meant that almost every third sample being tested in the city was positive.

The Delhi Government had earlier imposed a night curfew between 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. which is still in operation. On Friday, the state government imposed the weekend curfew, but the surge in Covid-19 cases continued in Delhi as around 23,500 new cases were reported on Monday.

In the wake of the unabated resurgence of new Covid-19 cases in the national capital, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday declared a six-day lockdown starting from 10 p.m. Monday till 6 a.m. on April 26.

The Chief Minister's announcement came after an emergency meeting with Lt. Governor Anil Baijal to review the Covid-19 situation.