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HEN THE world sees images of India’s covid-19 crisis, it is through the eyes of the citizens of Delhi. That is not just because most foreign correspondents and photographers live and are stuck there. The capital’s caseload has been among the highest and deadliest of any city in the country. On May 3rd alone, 448 deaths were reported and untold numbers died unrecorded. One in every four tests is coming back positive, typical of an outbreak that is out of control.
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On May 5th the Supreme Court, situated in Delhi, told the national government, which is there too, to “look to Mumbai and take note” of its successes in managing the supply of oxygen. But the city has a lot more to teach. Even proportional to its somewhat smaller, if denser, population, a fifth as many people are dying there each day as in the capital. The positivity rate of tests, at around 11%, is less than half of Delhi’s. There are thousand
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Take a Cue from Mumbai Municipal Corp on Managing Oxygen Supplies, SC tells Centre
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Praising the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) or BrihanMumbai Municipal Corp (BMC) for effective handling of oxygen supply to city hospitals amidst the second wave of COVID, the Supreme Court on Wednesday advised the union government to take a cue from BMC in managing oxygen supply.
Justice DY Chandrachud says, From what we see in the media, BMC has done some remarkable work. We are not disrespecting Delhi but we can maybe see what was done by BMC.
Maharashtra is also an oxygen supply state. If the health secretary of Delhi government and the Centre hold a meeting with Iqbal Singh Chahal, the municipal commissioner of BMC and draw from their experience, they can evolve a plan to create storage tanks and install them for Delhi.
This is not something
Bengaluru will be proud of but numbers don’t lie. On Tuesday, Bengaluru logged 20,870 cases, the highest number of covid cases in a day, in the country, overtaking other cities. Experts say that Bengaluru’s daily covid caseload may also be one of the highest in the world.
Delhi, which used to be the worst affected city in terms of daily caseload, reported 19,953 cases on Tuesday while
Pune’s tally stood at 3,189 and Mumbai’s at 2,554 cases. Bengaluru’s daily caseload is also higher than that of the combined Mumbai circle (7,436) including
Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai, Thane, Navi Mumbai, Ulhasnagar, Bhiwandi, Mira-Bhayandar, Kalyan-Dombivli, Palghar, Vasai, Raigad and Panvel corporations. So far, the fatalities in Bengaluru (132 as per Tuesday’s bulletin) are still lower than in Delhi which had reported 338 deaths.