Delhi's air quality on Tueaday deteriorates to 'very poor' from the 'poor' category, with overall AQI at 312, according to SAFAR. (Express Photo by Amit Mehra)Delhi Live News: Delhi on Monday reported 12,527 fresh Covid-19 cases and 24 death, while the positivity rate stood at 27.99 percent, according to the city health department.
The daily case count in the national capital has witnessed a downward trend in the past few days. It is said that the reason behind this could be the decrease in Covid-19 testing in the city. Only 44,762 tests were conducted on Sunday, the lowest number since November 2020.
Health Minister Satyendar Jain earlier said that the number of cases has decreased in Delhi over the last four days and the weekend curfew is proving to be beneficial” as fewer people are stepping outside, limiting the spread of the virus.
In other news, Delhi’s air quality on Tuesday deteriorates to ‘very poor’ from the ‘poor’ category, with overall AQI at 312, according to the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR).
Huge crowd seen at Covid-19 testing centre at a government hospital in Noida. (Express photo by Gajendra Yadav)
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday granted bail to six accused in connection with the murder of a man, who was found dead during the Northeast Delhi riots in 2020. On February 26, 2020, a mob had burnt down a building of Anil Sweet Corner at Main Brijpuri Road. The police later recovered the body of Dilbar Singh Negi, a waiter at the shop, from the building and registered a case of murder.
A 41-year-old proclaimed offender, who was taken into police custody to be produced in a district court, allegedly fell unconscious and had to be hospitalised. While his family alleged his condition deteriorated due to harassment by police, officers denied the claims and said the man had a history of a heart ailment.
According to police, the incident took place Saturday, around noon, when Sanjay Kumar, an accused in a cheque bounce case, was at his house in Om Nagar. His mother, Chandravati, alleged that two police officers in civil dress came to their house and started questioning her son. Read more
Delhi on Monday reported 12,527 fresh Covid-19 cases and 24 death, while the positivity rate stood at 27.99 percent, according to the city health department. On Monday, the city recorded 18,286 fresh Covid cases and 28 deaths.
The Delhi Nurses Federation (DNF) has said that they would go on strike over non-release of compensation to families of nurses who died while on Covid duty.
According to the DNF Secretary General Liladhar Ramchandani, eight nurses working in Delhi government hospitals died during the second wave of the pandemic and their families have not yet received the Rs 1 crore ex-gratia compensation that was promised by the government in May last year. Read more