Coronavirus: After denying deaths related to oxygen shortage, Centre asks states for data The government is likely present the data in the Parliament before the Monsoon Session ends on August 13. Updated 13 hours ago Patients at a banquet hall temporarily converted into a Covid care centre in New Delhi on April 29. | Tauseef Mustafa/ AFP The Centre has asked the states and Union territories to share data on deaths due to the shortage of oxygen during the devastating second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in India, PTI reported on Tuesday. This comes days after the government faced severe criticism for denying that there were any deaths due to scarcity of the life-saving gas.