India has reported 2,61,500 fresh Covid cases in the last 24 hours, the highest single-day spike ever, pushing the country s overall Covid tally to 1,47,88,109, according to the Health Ministry data released on Sunday.This is the fourth .
Apr 18, 2021, 22:37 PM IST
New Delhi: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said that he has spoken to Union Health Minister about the shortage of oxygen beds in Delhi, and added that in November 2020, the central government allotted the Delhi government 4100 beds at a peak of 8500 cases, however, this time, they have only provided 1800 beds, even after this wave being three times more fatal than the previous ones.
He said that Delhi is facing a shortage of oxygen, Remdesivir, and Tocilizumab, which must be made available by the Central government for adequate treatment of coronavirus patients. He said that the Central government has always helped Delhi in its fight against coronavirus and he hoped that this time too, the central government will aid Delhi.
Amid the surge in the COVID-19 cases across the nation, the Kathua administration is conducting COVID-19 tests for the people entering Jammu and Kashmir at the Lakhanpur area in Kathua district. Lakhanpur is the gateway for Jammu and Kashmir. Lakhanpur has been declared as the red zone by the UT government, Deputy Commissioner of Kathua Rahul Yadav told ANI. The test is being conducted for the people entering the UT, Yadav said. The passengers who travel from any hotspot area, go through an RT-PCR test, while others go through Rapid Antigen, the DC said. According to Union Health Minister, there are 10,040 active COVID-19 cases in Jammu and Kashmir while the death toll has mounted to 2,046.
Covid-19 Tests mandatory in Kathua for people entering J-K ANI | Updated: Apr 17, 2021 06:43 IST
Kathua (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], April 17 (ANI): Amid the surge in the COVID-19 cases across the nation, the Kathua administration is conducting COVID-19 tests for the people entering Jammu and Kashmir at the Lakhanpur area in Kathua district. Lakhanpur is the gateway for Jammu and Kashmir. Lakhanpur has been declared as the red zone by the UT government, Deputy Commissioner of Kathua Rahul Yadav told ANI. The test is being conducted for the people entering the UT, Yadav said. The passengers who travel from any hotspot area, go through an RT-PCR test, while others go through Rapid Antigen, the DC said.