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Although, the cases have come down and positivity rate has reduced from the high of 35 per cent on April 26 to around 23 per cent now, but strictness is needed, he said.

The chief minister urged the Centre to provide it 85 lakh doses per month so that all the Delhiites could be vaccinated in the next three months.

The national capital is under lockdown till May 10 to check the rising number of COVID-19 cases.

The registration process for the vaccination of people in the 18-44 age group under the third phase of the inoculation drive has begun in the national capital.

The lockdown imposed on April 19 night will now continue till 5 AM on May 3, he said.

Kejriwal's request for supply of oxygen came following the death of 20 patients in Jaipur Golden Hospital here as Delhi's desperate hunt for the life-saving gas continued

The chief minister also objected to different rates being charged from state governments and the Centre for the COVID-19 vaccine, and said "one nation, one rate" policy should be followed.

Delhi received its quota of oxygen as fixed by the Centre from other states, he said.

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has also quarantined himself, a Delhi government official said.

Noting that the decision to impose lockdown was not an easy one, Kejriwal appealed to migrants in the city not to leave Delhi.

"Delhi is fast running out of beds, oxygen and the life-saving drug Remdesivir as Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours have reached 24,000 on Saturday," informed the CM

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal clarified that essential services like visiting hospitals, railway stations and airports will not be hampered.

Board Exams for Class 10th have been cancelled and 12th exams have been postponed, said the Union Ministry of Education on Wednesday.

The Central Board of Secondary Education can explore other methods, including online exams and promoting students on the basis of internal assessments, he said.

The positivity rate also mounted to 10.21 per cent, breaching the 10 per cent-mark for the first time this year.

"I believe lockdown is not a solution to deal with COVID-19. It should only be imposed if the hospital system collapses," he said.

He further said that Delhi is witnessing the fourth wave of coronavirus, adding that there is a need to speed up the vaccination process.

This comes after the Central Government on Friday stopped the doorstep delivery of ration under MMGGRY scheme of the Delhi Government, scheduled to be launched on March 25.

The Covishield vaccine was first administered to Kejriwal's parents, Govind Ram Kejriwal and Gita Devi, and then to the chief minister.

The AAP has made inroads into Gujarat's politics by winning 27 seats of Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC), one of the six cities where voting was held on Sunday.