Delhi Covid lockdown news: National capital records 28,395 new cases, 277 deaths

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal quarantines himself as his wife Sunita Kejriwal tests positive for Covid-19.

After the Delhi government imposed a week long lockdown from Monday night to curb the spike in Covid cases, in a replay of last year's migrants crisis, a large number of people gathered at bus stations here on Tuesday to flee from the city, fearing the shutdown of the public transport may force them to walk hundreds of kilometers. Last year, hundreds of migrant labourers had left the city on foot in the absence of public transport during the lockdown. Hundreds of people including children, women and elderly queued up at Rajiv Chowk, Sector-12, Sector-34, Khandsa and Sector-37 bus stations on Tuesday with their belongings to head home leaving their jobs and employment back in the city.

Lt governor Anil Baijal appeals to the migrant workers not to leave, assures all help from the government to take care of their needs while lockdown is in effect. Sources (ANI)

Partly cloudy skies in Delhi on Tuesday morning brought the minimum temperature at 19.5 degrees Celsius, two notches below the seasons' average, MeT Department officials said. The air quality of the city was 'moderate' with an index value of 193 at 9 am, showed real-time data of the Central Pollution Control Board. Relative humidity was 43 per cent at 8.30am, they said. Dust storm or thunderstorm are forecast later in the day with the maximum temperature hovering around 36 degrees Celsius by the department. (PTI)