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Health Minister Satyendar Jain presented a detailed analysis of the corona cases in Delhi today. He stated that corona cases had decreased in Delhi over the last four days. The weekend curfew is proving to be beneficial, as fewer and fewer people are venturing outside, limiting the spread of corona. The number of reported cases is decreasing, but the government is keeping an eye on the trend, he said. So far, 2 crore 85 lakh vaccine doses have been administered in Delhi. Out of all eligible people, 100 percent have received their first dose, around 80 percent have received their…

Cases declining, we will monitor situation for 4 days before reviewing curbs: Jain Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Sunday gave detailed information about corona cases in the State. He stated that corona cases in Delhi have decreased over the last three days. The weekend curfew is proving to be beneficial, as fewer and fewer people are venturing outside, limiting the spread of corona, he said. Delhi on Sunday registered 18,286 Covid-19 cases, with 27.87 per cent positivty rate and 28 deaths. “The number of cases is decreasing, but the government is still trying to implement all the best practises.…

Okhla shivers as Delhi sees ‘cold day’ conditions for 2nd day in a row Many residents in Okhla preferred staying indoors for a second consecutive day on Saturday as Delhi’s maximum temperature was recorded at 14.8 degrees Celsius, with thick fog blotting out the sun. “Today also there was a layer of moderate fog/low cloud over Delhi-NCR, Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and north Rajasthan. It prevented the sunlight from reaching the surface. Light north westerlies are also blowing over the region. These conditions led to a cold day,” an IMD official said. Similar conditions are predicted for Sunday too. The…

Delhi cases update Jan 15 Delhi registered 20,718 fresh Covid cases and 30 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to health bulletin released on Saturday. The city saw 67,624 tests being conducted on Saturday which was less than what was conducted on Friday as 79,578 tests were conducted. The positivity rate on Saturday is at 30.64 per cent. Delhi had reported 24,383 fresh Covid-19 cases and 34 deaths on Friday, with a positivity rate of 30.64 per cent. Meanwhile, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Saturday said it seems the national Capital has reached its peak in Covid-19 infections…

Watch: Award-winning artist Latif creates artwork on dusty cars parked on streets of Okhla It is a cold day in Delhi and residents are staying insides, save a few. And as Okhla shivers, in a street in Okhla Vihar a youngster is seen close to a dusty car. On getting closer to the car, activist Asim Asha said he saw the boy making something on a dusty car parked in the street. Asim said he was awestruck by the extraordinary artistic work being done by the youth and thought that here is a boy who is transforming dusty cars parked…

Former Jamia student leader dies, tributes pour in from across world A former student leader of Jamia Millia Islamia collapsed to death during his routine morning walk in South India a few days ago, according to sources. KS Gopa Kumar Panicker, who died on January 13 in his hometown in Kerala, was the founder member of Jamia unit of All India Student’s Federation (AISF) in 1979 and was well known among the Jamia community during his stay on the campus. He was general secretary of the English Association of Jamia. Unlike many, even after leaving Jamia, he was in touch…

Delhi cases update January 14 Delhi on Friday saw drop in cases as it registered 24,383 new Covid-19 cases on Friday. On Thursday city had recorded over 28,800 cases. The drop in the numbers on Friday, however, was due to fewer tests being conducted in the capital, reported the IE. The positivity rate continued to go up with 30.6 per cent on Friday which on Thursday was 29.21 per cent with 31 deaths. On Friday the city reported 34 deaths, taking January’s total death cases to 198. Delhi on Wednesday had reported 40 deaths. 80,417 people were tested on Thursday…

75% who died in current wave in Delhi unvaccinated, 90% comorbid: Jain In Delhi, those who did not receive the corona vaccine accounted for 75 per cent of the deaths caused by the disease in current wave. According to the data, 90 per cent of the deaths occurred as a result of another disease. “More than 75 per cent of the people who died due to coronavirus had not even taken a single dose of the vaccine. 90 per cent of the people had severe comorbidities like cancer and kidney ailments. Even the seven patients below 18 years had chronic…

Okhla gets its first school health clinic on lines of mohalla clinics Okhla got its first school health clinic on lines of mohalla clinics on Thursday in Delhi government Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalaya, Noor Nagar. The clinic was inaugurated by Okhla MLA Amanatullah Khan who also shared photos of the events on his timeline and wrote: “ओखला विधानसभा क्षेत्र के नूर नगर सर्वोदय विद्यालय में दिल्ली सरकार द्वारा मोहल्ला क्लिनिक की तर्ज पर बनाए गए स्कूल क्लिनिक का उद्धाटन किया और साथ ही स्कूल में बन रही नई बिल्डिंग का निरीक्षण किया।” For the time being it will work as temporary…

Here is SDMC’s helpline for picking bio-medical waste from houses of +ve patients Special arrangement has been made to lift bio-medical waste from homes of Covid positive patients, according to Mayor of South Delhi Municipal Corporation Mukesh Suryan. He said on Friday the SDMC has deployed auto-tippers in all 104 wards to lift bio-medical waste. “These vehicles will collect bio-medical waste from homes of Covid positive patients and will transport to Okhla waste-to-energy plant for proper disposal. From January 1 to 13, the civic agency has lifted nearly 750 kilograms of bio-medical waste from all four zones and has ensured…