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Coronavirus: Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain, in hospital with coronavirus, to be administered plasma therapy

Delhi has registered more than 30,000 new coronavirus infections since June 1, the official data shows, as the number of total cases logged by the national capital inch closer to the 50,000-mark. A total of 1,08,518 people have been tested this month in the national capital, which has the third highest number of COVID-19 patients in India.

Coronavirus: Cap on rates of Delhi private hospitals for COVID-19 treatment recommended by government panel

Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain, who is in hospital for COVID-19 treatment, showed some improvement on Thursday but his fever has not yet subsided, senior officials said.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah, in a high-level meeting today, said that Delhi and its neighbouring regions should come together in the fight against COVID-19, caused by the novel coronavirus.

After the India-China face-off in Ladakh there have been calls by trading bodies to resident welfare associations to boycott Chinese goods.

A senior Delhi-based journalist working for a news website has been charged by the police in Varanasi for a report she recently filed from the district in eastern Uttar Pradesh that is Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Lok Sabha constituency.

Four men were arrested for allegedly stealing 27 mobile phones from the vehicle of a courier delivery boy in southeast Delhi's Badarpur area, police said on Thursday.

Delhi sweltered under the stifling heat with the mercury crossing the 46 degrees Celsius-mark in some parts on Thursday. The Safdarjung Observatory, which provides representative figures for the city, recorded a maximum of 42.5 degrees Celsius, three notches above normal.

The Delhi government has decided to cap the rate of COVID-19 test at Rs 2,400. The new price cap for the tests -- which till now was Rs 4,500 -- was announced following directives by Home Minister Amit Shah to "provide relief to the common man".

It's been almost three months since the coronavirus lockdown triggered an economic chain reaction that left thousands without work and almost just as long since this family of seven in Northeast Delhi's Seelampur has had a full square meal to eat.

The Delhi Health Department Wednesday said "most" of its staff are not reporting for duty "unauthorisedly", and threatened salary freeze and disciplinary action if they don't turn up by Thursday.

The BJP's candidates are likely set to sail through easily in the elections, as the party has majority in the House of all the three civic bodies.

The Delhi High Court has directed that no proceedings be initiated against Sir Ganga Ram Hospital (SGRH) till June 22 in relation to the FIR lodged against it for allegedly violating COVID-19 regulation norms.

Out of the 503 isolation coaches deployed in Delhi for COVID-19 patients, 317 will be ready by Wednesday night and the rest by Thursday, the Northern Railways said.

Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain has tested positive for coronavirus. He took a second test today after his fever worsened.

The price of a COVID-19 test in Delhi has been capped at Rs 2,400, the Home Ministry said Wednesday night, explaining the move was aimed at "providing relief to the common man"

Calls to boycott China-made goods have erupted across India after 20 soldiers died in a violent face-off with Chinese troops in Ladakh's Galwan valley late Monday night

AAP MLA Atishi has tested positive for the novel coronavirus. The 39-year-old, who represents the Kalkaji constituency in south Delhi, has gone into home quarantine given her mild symptoms

Coronavirus: Supreme Court pulls up Delhi government over cases filed against doctors: "You can't threaten them for bringing out truth"

The coronavirus lockdown will not be extended in Delhi, the city government said on Friday, rubbishing speculation after a spurt in virus cases over the past few days.

The above-normal temperatures in Delhi-NCR region and northwest India will continue till June 20, after which it is likely to dip, according to a senior India Meteorological Department (IMD) official.

The last rites of some of the coronavirus infected patients in Delhi were conducted by hospitals following a directive from Home Minister Amit Shah, and with the consent of their families, the Ministry of Home Affairs said on Tuesday.

Travelling in flight is the "safest" mode of travel when compared to others during a pandemic, said All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi Director Dr Randeep Guleria said on Tuesday.