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The Delhi Police on Tuesday arrested a 40-year-old man from Haryana's Faridabad for allegedly making a hoax call about an impending bomb blast at India Gate, officials said.

Taking stock of preparations on the ground to ramp up medical infrastructure, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday visited Surya Hotel, which has temporarily been converted into a COVID-19 facility, to help the city deal with the surging coronavirus cases.

Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain will undergo a second test for coronavirus tomorrow. The decision was taken after the minister's fever spiked, sources said, even though he tested negative the first time. "The symptoms are like coronavirus so the doctors have decided on a second test, sources said.

Four young men were arrested for their alleged involvement in more than 100 cases of snatching in the national capital, police said on Tuesday.

To rapidly increase its capacity and effectively manage the anticipated wave of coronavirus cases in the national capital, the Delhi government has started converting the Radha Soami Spiritual Centre in South Delhi into world's largest temporary COVID-19 care facility with 10,000 beds.

The mercury remained above 42 degrees Celsius in most parts of Delhi today and the heat is likely to continue for another three days, according to the weather department.

The 5-Star Taj Mansingh Hotel in Delhi will now be attached with Sir Ganga Ram Hospital to help the city deal with the surging coronavirus cases. The Delhi government issued orders today under which the hotel will have the responsibility of providing rooms and food to the patients. It will also be in charge of the housekeeping duties.

Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain tested negetive for coronavirus. He was admitted to hospital last night with high fever and complaints of breathing trouble, a day after he attended a meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and others. He was tested this morning for coronavirus at Rajiv Gandhi Super Specialty Hospital.

Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain has been admitted to hospital due to high fever and breathing trouble.

Delhi recorded 1,647 fresh coronavirus cases on Monday, taking the COVID-19 tally in the city to 42,829, and the death count due to the disease climbed to 1,400, authorities said.

Coronavirus Live Updates: India recorded 11,502 fresh coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, pushing the total number of cases to 3,32,424, data from the Union Health Ministry this morning shows. The death count rose to 9,520 with 325 fatalities in the last one day. Of the total cases in the country, Maharashtra tops the tally with 1,07,958 cases, followed by Tamil Nadu, Delhi and Gujarat.

A reality check of five of hospitals in Delhi found a huge paucity of beds, especially in the Intensive Care Units and ones attached to ventilators. Only three ventilator beds and five ICU beds were available across the five hospitals, where charges ranged from Rs 10,000 to Rs 30,000 a day, NDTV found. Besides, 70 per cent of the beds in these hospitals were occupied.

The railways have decided to provide isolation coaches in Delhi amidst an increase in the spread of coronavirus infections in the national capital, officials said on Monday.

AAP leader Sanjay Singh on Monday said that a proposal regarding increasing the number of beds in Delhi, and Central government hospitals was discussed in the all-party meeting held to review the COVID-19 situation in the national capital.

The Delhi government has directed all laboratories and hospitals to work on their full potential and ramp up COVID-19 testing capacity to meet the increased demand of processing samples.

A Delhi businessman hired four people, including a minor, for his own murder to get insurance money for his family, police said on Monday.

At the Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital (RGSSH) in Delhi, doctors and nurses regularly interact with patients, making sure "they don't lose touch with life".

There are "no plans" for another lockdown in Delhi, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal tweeted today, rejecting speculation alongside a spurt in coronavirus cases in the capital. Mr Kejriwal put out the clarification shortly after an all-party meeting called by Home Minister Amit Shah to discuss the virus strategy for Delhi and its neighbouring areas.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah is holding an all-party meeting to discuss the management of the coronavirus situation in the National Capital Region, which includes Delhi and parts of Uttar Pradesh and parts of Haryana. Today's meeting comes a day after he held a high-level meeting with Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, following which he laid out a number of measures to battle the capital's COVID-19 crisis.

The COVID-19 tally climbed by over 10,000 and crossed the 40,000 mark in just six days in Delhi with an average of over 1,600 new cases on a daily basis, a sharp spike from the 79 days it took to reach the 10,000 mark, according to an analysis.

Delhi reported 2,224 new coronavirus cases and 56 deaths in the past 24 hours, government data revealed on Sunday night, taking the total number of cases to 41,182 and deaths to 1,327

A 37-year-old man was stabbed to death in front of his wife and daughter outside their house in Delhi's Rohini area, following which one person has been arrested, officials said on Sunday.

Two security guards, in their 20s, died after allegedly being beaten up by a group of men in north Delhi's Narela, police said today.

Union home minister Amit Shah will hold all all-party meeting tomorrow to review the management for coronavirus in the National Capital Region, which includes Delhi and parts of Uttar Pradesh and parts of Haryana. The meeting, an official note said, will be held at 11 am in the North Block.

Accusations against police over its probe into the northeast Delhi violence could be "motivated" and are also directed at the court of law, the chief of the force, SN Shrivastava, has said.