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Delhi Covid lockdown news: 24,103 new cases, 357 deaths reported in national capital
A record 348 people died of Covid-19 in Delhi on Friday, the highest since the pandemic broke out more than a year ago, and up from 306 on Thursday. The official daily count of Covid-protocol funerals in the Delhi crossed the 500 mark for the first time on Friday. Overcrowding at the Subhash Nagar crematorium forced South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) to temporarily shut down the facility on Friday evening. Amid the oxygen crisis confronting city hospitals, Delhi government has decided to maintain a buffer stock of oxygen cylinders and liquid medical oxygen for use in extremely critical situations. Police seized 48 oxygen cylinders illegally kept at a house in Dashrath Puri on Friday and arrested the owner of the house, Anil Kumar. It was found that the man did not have a licence to store or supply oxygen cylinders. Stay with TOI for all the latest updates.Read Less
With the Covid-19 situation remaining grim in Delhi despite a mini-lockdown, the city government may consider extending it by some more days, sources said on Saturday.
24,103 new COVID19 cases, 357 deaths and 22,695 recoveries reported in Delhi in the last 24 hours. (ANI)
Bharat Biotech to supply its COVID vaccine at Rs 600/dose to state govts, Rs 1,200/dose to pvt hospitals: Statement.
The Delhi government-run Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital on Saturday reduced the number of COVID beds from 986 to 700 amid a deepening crisis over the scarcity of oxygen vital to save critically ill coronavirus patients. (PTI)
Police come to rescue of Sant Parmanand Hospital by providing 71 oxygen cylinders
Delhi police has come to the rescue of Sant Parmanand Hospital by providing 71 oxygen cylinders amid the COVID-19 crisis. On Friday, SHO of Civil Lines police station received a distress call from the hospital authorities, saying their oxygen supply has run out and they need immediate help, officials said. (ANI)
The Base Hospital Delhi Cantt has been converted into a dedicated COVID hospital for serving and retired personnel by enhancing its COVID beds capacity to more than 200%, and doubling the number of beds with oxygen support in record time: Indian Army. (ANI)
Dr Harsh Vardhan also stated that the Central government has also assured unhindered transportation of oxygen in Delhi.
Amid complaints of oxygen shortage in Delhi hospitals, Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Saturday said that Delhi has been allotted more than the oxygen quota it had asked for and it is the state government's responsibility to rationalise and plan for it. (ANI)
Ganga Ram Hospital asks govt to consider reducing patient intake amid oxygen crisis
Sir Ganga Ram Hospital on Saturday asked the government to consider reducing patient intake amid a deepening oxygen crisis in Delhi. (PTI)
Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday wrote a letter to all the chief ministers of the country asking them to provide spare oxygen to the national capital.
The Delhi Police on Saturday created a green corridor and helped Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital in the eastern part of the national capital to get an oxygen tanker, officials said. The police received a call from a government-appointed nodal officer for transporting an oxygen tanker from Inox plant in Modinagar, they said.
Central govt is helping us, but such is the severity of Covid-19 that all available resources are proving to be inadequate: Kejriwal.
70 per cent of Delhi traders want further extension in lockdown: CTI
Seventy per cent of the city traders are in favour of extending the lockdown beyond April 26 amid the worsening coronavirus crisis in the capital, said the Chamber of Trade and Industry (CTI) on Saturday. (PTI)
Delhi CM writes to all chief ministers asking them for oxygen
I am writing to all CMs requesting them to provide oxygen to Delhi, if they have spare. Though Central govt. is als… https://t.co/ErZohhMtKf
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) 1619268949000In line with decisions taken in high-level meeting taken by PM Narendra Modi, a notification is being issued exempting Customs duty on medical-grade Oxygen, Oxygen related equipment, and COVID-19 vaccines till July 31, 2021: Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs. (ANI)
The Delhi high court on Saturday has taken note of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), which predicted the "Covid-19 tsunami" in mid of May, and said that there is a need to think about how to deal with it. A Division Bench of Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Rekha Palli noted that according to IIT, Delhi's peak will come in mid-May and it will be like a "tsunami".
Delhi: Union health minister Dr Harsh Vardhan visits & reviews the preparedness at Sardar Patel Covid Care Centre & Hospital, which will be functional for COVID19 patients from next week. (ANI)
The Jawaharlal Nehru University Teachers' Association (JNUTA) on Saturday condemned the "non-cooperative" attitude of the JNU administration in starting a COVID care facility on the campus.
An unprecedented surge in Covid cases has left several hospitals in Delhi desperate for oxygen, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital chairman Dr D S Rana appealed for urgent help stating that it has oxygen left only for half an hour and asked Centre to appoint a nodal officer to sit in the hospital to take stock of the situation.
Amid deepening crisis over the scarcity of oxygen, several hospitals in the national capital have been left with no option but to use their back up stock, with some like Saroj Super Speciality Hospital advising relatives to shift their patients to another facility.
