NEW DELHI - India's capital New Delhi will go into weekend lockdowns to contain a steep increase in COVID-19 infections, the city's Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Thursday.

Shopping malls, gyms, dine-out service at restaurants and some weekly markets will be shut during the weekend and only essential services would remain operational, Kejriwal said.

(Reporting by Neha Arora and Sachin Ravikumar; Editing by Toby Chopra) ((neha.dasgupta@tr.com;))