Covid In Delhi
Recent Highlights
All Stories for Covid In Delhi
Delhi has reached its peak in COVID-19 infections, says health minister Satyendra Jain
•Jain said Delhi is expected to record around 20,000 cases on Saturday, less than Friday's figure of 24,383. The government will consider easing restrictions when cases drop to 15,000, he added
Hemkunt Foundation’s oxygen help centre in Gurugram ‘vandalised’ by unidentified people
•The NGO, which provides oxygen support to COVID-19 patients, said its community development director is receiving death threats since the past few days
Amid COVID-19 surge, massive vaccine wastage opens up another battlefront for India
Fp Staff •Well-planned vaccination drives, opening of vials only after the arrival of 10 beneficiaries, adequate training to healthcare workers to minimise wastage
Sitaram Yechury’s son Ashish dies during treatment for COVID-19 at Gurgaon hospital
•The CPM chief took to Twitter to thank the doctors, nurses and frontline workers who were involved in his son's treatment
Former CBI director Ranjit Sinha dies, day after testing positive for COVID-19
•Sinha, a 1974-batch officer of the Bihar cadre, served at senior positions in the CBI in Patna and Delhi before being appointed director in 2012
In battling COVID-19, Delhi has shown unity of agencies, politics of welfare and a CM who leads from the front, writes Dr Sanjeev Bagai
Sanjeev Bagai •The Delhi government has been cautiously optimistic in its battle against deadly coronavirus as reports indicate that the city has been recording more than 70 percent recovery rate since the last few days.
Arvind Kejriwal says 9,900 COVID-19 beds in Delhi free, number of patients requiring hospitalisation decreasing
•Delhi's COVID-19 tally has reached 97,200. Out of the total cases, 25,940 are active, 68,256 have been cured and 3,004 have died
Charges for COVID-19 beds in Delhi’s private hospitals slashed to one-third, testing made cheaper and faster, says Harsh Vardhan
•COVID-19 management in Delhi has been streamlined, from health surveys to testing and caps on in-patient private hospital costs, Union health minister Harsh Vardhan said