Delhi to monitor oxygen supply on real-time basis as Covid cases surge

1 min read . Updated: 04 Jan 2022, 05:40 PM IST Livemint

Covid cases have been rising in Delhi due to Omicron. Today, the city reported over 5,000 cases with positivity rate of over 8%

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Amid sharp rise in Covid cases due to highly transmissible variant Omicron, the Delhi government has issued an action plan for smooth running and real-time monitoring of oxygen supply in the national capital, news agency ANI reported on Tuesday.

Telemetry devices are being installed on oxygen tanks of 53 government and private hospitals in the city. Live monitoring will be done through government Covid War Room, the report said.

Covid cases have been rising in Delhi due to Omicron. Today, the city reported over 5,000 cases with positivity rate of over 8%.

India had faced severe oxygen shortage during the second wave due to the Delta variant, which wreaked havoc on the country with daily cases going as high as 4 lakh.

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