Delhi unlock 1.0 news: Today's updates

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As the Central and state governments allow phase-wise relaxation in curbs to get the life up and running again following over two months of lockdown to prevent the spread of Covid-19, we bring you the latest updates from Delhi.
*The capital’s Covid-19 count crossed 47,000 mark to reach 47,102 with a record 2,414 cases reported on Wednesday. The previous highest spike in daily fresh cases — 2,224 — was recorded on Sunday.
*Delhi health minister Satyendar Jain on Wednesday tested positive for Covid-19, a day after he was admitted to Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital with breathing difficulty and high fever. His first test on Tuesday was negative.
*Delhi government on Thursday denied before the Supreme Court reports about dead bodies of Covid-19 patients being kept inside wards, but it was contradicted by LNJP Hospital that admitted the lapse.
*Of the 693 ventilator beds available in Delhi, 471, or 70%, are occupied, according to latest data from hospitals across the city. Only 222 beds with ventilator support are vacant, 133 of them in government hospitals and 89 in private hospitals designated for Covid treatment. On June 1, only 42 Covid-19 patients were on ventilator support in Delhi, as per the data.
* An expert committee set up on the directions of Union home minister Amit Shah to revise Covid-19 testing rates in Delhi has recommended lowering it to Rs 2,400 from Rs 4,500. The report of the committee, which was led by NITI Aayog member Dr Vinod K Paul, was submitted to the Union health ministry which has approved it and forwarded it to the Delhi government for further action.
*The Supreme Court on Wednesday slammed the Delhi government for threatening coercive action against doctors and healthcare workers who made public the sorry state of affairs in the capital's hospitals and ordered it to forthwith revoke the suspension order against a healthcare worker who had made a video of bodies lying in patient wards of Lok Nayak Hospital.
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