India's new crown confirmed cases increased by 270,000 per day, and New Delhi implemented a one-week lockdown

As the epidemic continues to worsen , Kejriwal, the Chief Minister of India's capital New Delhi , announced on April 19 that the entire city will be blocked from 10 p.m. that night to 5 a.m. on the 26th, but basic living services for residents will not be affected.

Kejriwal said that the capital region is currently running out of emergency beds, medical oxygen and medicines. If stricter lockdown measures are not taken, the capital's medical system is about to collapse.

The New Delhi Municipal Corporation has previously announced that a curfew will be imposed from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. every night from April 6 to 30, and the entire city will be blocked on weekends during the curfew (from 10 p.m. Friday to 6 a.m. Monday).

It is understood that during the curfew, except for some basic service departments of government offices that are open as normal, all other private enterprise offices are closed.

In fact, last week, the New Delhi government also announced a weekend curfew from 10 pm on April 16 to 6 am on April 19.

With the number of confirmed cases increasing day by day, from weekend curfews to a week-long city-wide lockdown, it can be seen that the epidemic situation in India is not optimistic.

According to data released by the Indian Ministry of Health on the 19th, India had 273,810 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 compared to the previous day, setting a new high since the outbreak of the epidemic, with a total of 15,061,919 confirmed cases; 1,619 new deaths, and a total of 178,769 deaths.

During this lockdown, the New Delhi government only allowed e-commerce companies such as Amazon and Flipkart to deliver basic goods for a week.

While essential goods are not clearly defined, deliveries of goods including food , medicines and medical equipment will be allowed, according to a statement released by the government .

In addition, Amazon also advocates opening up online sales of non-essential items. Amazon said that online shopping is the safest way to serve consumers.

Data shows that online orders across the region have more than doubled since the curfew was imposed, including panic buying by consumers.

It can be seen that during this week-long lockdown in New Delhi, online orders in the entire region will also see a certain increase.

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