Delhi Covid lockdown news live: City's 24-hour Covid toll under 200, positivity rate at 3.5%

Hindi teacher Raj Bala was due to retire in June after a career in the Hari Nagar government school for 23 and a half years. Read more

The death rate from the Covid pandemic has risen sharply across the country in May, with Delhi registering the highest case fatality rate (CFR) among bigger states during the first three weeks of this month (till May 21).

Two rare cases of black fungus infection in the intestine were noted at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital on Saturday. While in one case, around a foot of the small intestine had to be removed, in the other, doctors excised 2.5 feet of the intestine. The treating doctors were taken aback because the fungal infection usually affects the nose, ears and brain, not the intestine. Read more

Gaurav Sharma has many avatars. Former international champion in powerlifting, national-level shooter and, away from sports, mahant at a temple in Chandni Chowk. His latest turn, and perhaps the most welcome one in circumstances created by the pandemic, is that of a social worker. Read more

After a Myanmarese refugee living in west Delhi died of Covid-19, the landlord asked his fellow inhabitants to vacate the house. Read more

Delhi has been losing innumerable doctors to a resurgent Covid, Indian Medical Association data shows. On May 17, the toll was 28, but just five days later, it had risen to 100. So far, around 420 doctors have died across the country due to the coronavirus, 100 of them in Delhi, followed by 96 in Bihar. Read more

The number of Covid cases fell below 2,500 for the first time on Saturday since the current wave has hit the capital and overwhelmed the medical infrastructure. Read more