Now, Delhi has surplus O2

Govt urges Centre to supply extra Oxygen from its quota to other states

The Arvind Kejriwal government on Thursday wrote a letter to the Centre to inform that Delhi's daily oxygen requirement has fallen from 700 MT to 582 MT per day and, hence, the additional oxygen quota of the national capital should be supplied to other states needing oxygen.

For the last few days, the Centre has fixed Delhi's daily quota of oxygen at 590 MT.

Delhi has witnessed a sharp decline in daily Covid positive cases in its hospitals in the last few days. "Delhi government is a responsible government and hence it is requesting the Central government to reduce the daily oxygen allocation of Delhi to 582 MT. This way the other states in need of oxygen can get the surplus oxygen from Delhi," said Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia.

On a daily basis, more than 80,000 tests were being done out of which around 28,000 (highest on April 20) were testing positive.

The daily positivity rate had risen to 36 per cent (April 22) during that period, which on Thursday reduced to around 14 per cent and daily new cases were reported 10,400 in the last 24 hours.

Several vax centres shut in

Delhi

Several vaccination centres where Covaxin is being administered in the national capital on Thursday remained closed for the age group of 1844 years due to its non-availability.

The vaccination drive began for the age group of 18-44 years in Delhi from May 3 but due to shortage of the vaccine, the drive has been put on hold.

ANI visited a vaccination centre at Atal Adarsh Vidyalaya, Moti Bagh where Covaxin jabs were to be given but found it deserted except for two staff of the school.

Delhi witnesses dip in cases Amid the crisis of COVID-19 vaccine in Delhi, the national capital continues to witness a dip in Covid cases with just 10,489 new infections recorded in the last 24 hours, which is the lowest since April 11, according to the health bulletin by the Delhi government released on Thursday.