No plans to impose lockdown: Arvind Kejriwal

Addressing a press conference, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said that there is no plan to impose lockdown as of now. "We won't if people continue to wear masks," he said. "Delhi is likely to record 22,000 COVID cases in 24 hours," he said. "Our attempt is to impose minimum restrictions so livelihoods are not affected," he said.

On Sunday, India logged 552 new cases of Omicron, taking the total tally of such infections to 3,623 across 27 states and UTs so far. Maharashtra recorded the maximum number of 1,009 cases followed by Delhi at 513, Karnataka 441, Rajasthan 373, Kerala 333 and Gujarat 204. A total of 1,59,632 new coronavirus infections were reported in a day, the highest in 224 days, while the active cases increased to 5,90,611, the highest in around 197 days, according to the data updated at 8 am.

The death toll climbed to 4,83,790 with 327 fresh fatalities, the data stated.

A total of 1,65,553 infections were reported on May 29 last year.