Pulling up the Aam Aadmi Party government for relaxing norms for public movement and social gatherings in Delhi even as the cases of coronavirus are on a surge, Delhi High Court on Monday asked the Arvind Kejriwal-led state government to file a status report on steps taken in the last two weeks to control the spread of COVID-19 in the national capital.

The national capital is contributing more cases to the country’s tally than any other state in India as Delhi recorded 7,745 new coronavirus cases on Sunday, which is the highest ever. 

A bench of Justices Hima Kohli and Subramanium Prasad asked whether the state government has any policy or strategy in place to deal with the “alarming” situation, and said that when Delhi, as a city-state, was “hands down beating” Maharashtra and Kerala in the number of daily new cases in the past two weeks. 

The bench noted that the daily number of new COVID-19 cases received for November 10 was at 8,593 and “still counting” while the number of containment zones in the city were 4,016.

As per the latest sero survey report of the government, the HC noted that the presence of antibodies was detected in 25% of the persons tested which meant that one in four persons has been infected by COVID-19.

“No household has been left untouched,” the bench said, referring to the survey data.

The court questioned the rationale behind allowing 200 people to attend public functions instead of reducing the number and permitting public transportation to be fully occupied, saying that these could turn into “super spreaders” of the infection.