Delhi Covid Second Wave

The petitioners, who were studying in Class 7 and Class 2 at the time of filing of the petition last year, have claimed before the court that their 41-year-old father died in the second wave of the pandemic due to lack of oxygen supply to the Jaipur Golden Hospital here.

The number of active COVID-19 cases in Delhi has halved in just 12 days after rising to a high of 94,160 on January 13, while it took 21 days for the active caseload to drop by half during the second wave last year.

Comparison of key indices during the second and third surges shows that the mortality rate is significantly lesser and the vaccinated population is much larger.

The Delhi Police Cyber Cell has arrested nine members of a gang which allegedly duped around 1,000 people on the pretext of delivering medical oxygen cylinders during the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic, officials said on Saturday.

The Delhi High Court has granted bail to four men, who were arrested for allegedly hoarding and selling at exorbitant rates life-saving medicines to treat COVID-19 patients during the second wave of the pandemic.

More than 90 per cent of people in Delhi are carrying anti-bodies for coronavirus, sources said after the sixth sero-survey report of the national capital was prepped.

Citing Supreme Court's task force to refuse to form a probe panel for oxygen-related deaths is a fraud played by the Centre, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister said today. He requested the Union government to probe the matter of the deaths.

Having lost both their parents during the second Covid wave, Devika, 23, and Santoshi, 21, now guardians to five siblings, are yet to get help under Delhi government's scheme for children who lost one or both parents to the pandemic.

Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal has rejected a proposal by the Arvind Kejriwal government to set up a committee to establish number of people who died during the second Covid wave due to a lack of oxygen, and award Rs 5 lakh compensation.

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya tweeted Delhi's Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia today, seeking a response on deaths that occurred due to lack of oxygen during the second wave of Covid earlier

Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Tuesday said Delhi has already overcome the Delta variant of coronavirus detected in over 80 per cent of Covid samples sent for genome sequencing during the second wave of the pandemic and thereafter.

The Delhi zoo was reopened to the public on Sunday, three and a half months after it was temporarily shut due to a surge in coronavirus cases during the second wave.

No death due to COVID-19 was recorded in Delhi on Thursday, while 51 fresh cases were reported with a positivity rate of 0.08 per cent, according to data shared by the city health department.

The Supreme Court on Monday said it would not stop the prosecution of BJP MP Gautam Gambhir - in connection with politicians hoarding key drugs during the second Covid wave - noting it "cannot allow a group (to) distribute medicines".

Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Wednesday said all deaths reportedly caused due to shortage of oxygen during second wave of COVID-19 in the city will be probed if the Centre allows the Delhi government to form a panel.

The petitioners, who were studying in Class 7 and Class 2 at the time of filing of the petition last year, have claimed before the court that their 41-year-old father died in the second wave of the pandemic due to lack of oxygen supply to the Jaipur Golden Hospital here.

The number of active COVID-19 cases in Delhi has halved in just 12 days after rising to a high of 94,160 on January 13, while it took 21 days for the active caseload to drop by half during the second wave last year.

Comparison of key indices during the second and third surges shows that the mortality rate is significantly lesser and the vaccinated population is much larger.

The Delhi Police Cyber Cell has arrested nine members of a gang which allegedly duped around 1,000 people on the pretext of delivering medical oxygen cylinders during the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic, officials said on Saturday.

The Delhi High Court has granted bail to four men, who were arrested for allegedly hoarding and selling at exorbitant rates life-saving medicines to treat COVID-19 patients during the second wave of the pandemic.

More than 90 per cent of people in Delhi are carrying anti-bodies for coronavirus, sources said after the sixth sero-survey report of the national capital was prepped.

Citing Supreme Court's task force to refuse to form a probe panel for oxygen-related deaths is a fraud played by the Centre, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister said today. He requested the Union government to probe the matter of the deaths.

Having lost both their parents during the second Covid wave, Devika, 23, and Santoshi, 21, now guardians to five siblings, are yet to get help under Delhi government's scheme for children who lost one or both parents to the pandemic.

Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal has rejected a proposal by the Arvind Kejriwal government to set up a committee to establish number of people who died during the second Covid wave due to a lack of oxygen, and award Rs 5 lakh compensation.

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya tweeted Delhi's Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia today, seeking a response on deaths that occurred due to lack of oxygen during the second wave of Covid earlier

Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Tuesday said Delhi has already overcome the Delta variant of coronavirus detected in over 80 per cent of Covid samples sent for genome sequencing during the second wave of the pandemic and thereafter.

The Delhi zoo was reopened to the public on Sunday, three and a half months after it was temporarily shut due to a surge in coronavirus cases during the second wave.

No death due to COVID-19 was recorded in Delhi on Thursday, while 51 fresh cases were reported with a positivity rate of 0.08 per cent, according to data shared by the city health department.

The Supreme Court on Monday said it would not stop the prosecution of BJP MP Gautam Gambhir - in connection with politicians hoarding key drugs during the second Covid wave - noting it "cannot allow a group (to) distribute medicines".

Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Wednesday said all deaths reportedly caused due to shortage of oxygen during second wave of COVID-19 in the city will be probed if the Centre allows the Delhi government to form a panel.