Coronavirus peak in Delhi has ended: Dr Sandeep Budhiraja panel member to fight COVID-19 crisis

New Delhi: As the number of recovered cases in Delhi is on the rise, Dr Sandeep Budhiraja claims that the novel coronavirus peak in Delhi has come to an end.

Budhiraja is one of five members of a panel constituted by the Delhi government to tackle the COVID-19 crisis in the national capital. 

The panel was formed to guide the government on areas where strengthening of infrastructure is required to better manage the pandemic.

Budhiraja is the group medical director of Max Hospital. He had performed the first plasma therapy in India for a COVID patient back in April 2020.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday in a press conference had said, ''Less and less people in Delhi are now requiring hospitalisation, more and more people are getting cured at home. Whereas there were around 2300 new patients daily last week, no of patients in hospital has gone down from 6200 to 5300. Today, 9900 corona beds are free.''

On Saturday, Kejriwal and his deputy Manish Sisodiya congratulated the coronavirus warriors working in Delhi for achieving a recovery rate of more than 70 per cent.

Meanwhile, Delhi has recorded 97200 confirmed cases which includes 25940 active cases, 68256 cured cases and 3004 deaths.

While India's COVID-19 cases mounted to 6,73,165, with the death toll rising to 19,268 on Sunday, according to the Union health ministry. With this, India has recorded over 20,000 cases of the infection for the third consecutive day.