Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday met leading oxygen manufacturers and called for utilising the industry's full potential to meet the increased demand amid the second wave of the pandemic; 14 coronavirus patients who were in the ICU died in a fire at a hospital in Maharashtra's Virar; The UK strain is driving the Covid surge in Delhi, an analysis of samples has revealed. Data released by the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says over 400 cases of the UK strain and 76 of the Indian double mutant variant were found in Delhi; and other top news of the day.
