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Amid a social media buzz over high cost of coronavirus treatment at a private facility, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Saturday said the government has sought fee details from all hospitals and will decide on "what to do" after overall observation.

The Delhi government plans to add 20,000 beds across the hotels and banquet halls of the city over the coming week to cope with the spiraling coronavirus cases.

The Delhi government is planning a 10,000-bed makeshift hospital for COVID-19 patients under a sprawling tent in south Delhi to prepare for a projected surge in cases in the city.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan will meet Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal this morning to review the national capital's response to coronavirus, two days after the Supreme Court pulled up the Delhi government over the "horrendous, horrific and pathetic" situation in the city.

The Delhi High Court today decided to restrict its functioning as well as that of the district courts to urgent matters only till June 30, in view of the prevalent situation of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Moved by the plight of migrant workers stranded in the national capital due to the coronavirus-imposed lockdown, a group of youngsters rallied together to raise a total of Rs 2.5 lakh rupees to send 400 of such migrants to their homes.

The Delhi government on Saturday appointed a bureaucrat in the north corporation the "nodal officer" for LNJP Hospital, a dedicated COVID-19 facility in the national capital, officials said.

The Delhi High Court on Saturday inaugurated the e-filing facility allowing advocates and litigants the liberty to be able to file applications, documents, reply and rejoinder from anywhere and anytime online.

As coronavirus cases continue to surge in Delhi, a 24-year-old resident of the city's Chittaranjan Park area and his mother are providing free face masks, which have now become a necessity, to the poor and needy.

In a unique initiative, residents of New Saraswati CGHS housing society in Rohini have converted a recreation centre into a six-bed quarantine facility in view of the rising number of coronavirus cases in the city.

Delhi, whose health infrastructure is grappling with the massive coronavirus load, has reported over 2,000 cases for the second consecutive day. With 2,134 people testing positive for the virus on Saturday, the national capital's grand total has reached 38,958.

Delhi residents will face stricter penalties for violating lockdown rules as coronavirus cases in the national capital inch closer to 39,000 cases amid strong criticism from the Supreme Court over its handling of the situation which it called "horrendous, horrific and pathetic".

A few residents of Delhi have come to Punjab for coronavirus treatment after allegedly facing problems in accessing medical services in the national capital, officials said on Saturday.

Taking note of the "gravity" of the coronavirus situation in the national capital, the Delhi High Court has directed the AAP government and the Centre to increase the number of beds and ventilators for COVID-19 patients.

A day after the Supreme Court expressed concern over fewer coronavirus tests in the national capital, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Saturday put the onus on the ICMR, saying its guidelines should be changed for the testing to increase.

Amit Shah will meet Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal to review the coronavirus situation in the national capital

Sir Ganga Ram Hospital (SGRH) has approached the Delhi High Court, seeking quashing of an FIR lodged against its medical superintendent by Delhi police for allegedly violating COVID-19 regulation norms.

The burnt body of a 56-year-old man was discovered in the basement of a house in Delhi's posh Greater Kailash 2 neighbourhood on Friday afternoon

One of the five men arrested recently for allegedly robbing and assaulting a private airline pilot on the IIT flyover in southwest Delhi has tested positive for COVID-19, police said on Friday.

A day after three municipal corporations claimed the COVID-19 death toll in Delhi stood at 2,098, nearly double the figure shared by the city government, Health Minister Satyendar Jain said "let them send us the details" of those dead.

With a rapid incline in the number of deaths due to COVID-19, the New Cemetery for Muslims at Delhi Gate is under stress and may have no space left for burials by the end of June, a member of the graveyard's management committee said today.

Delhi's peak power demand rose to 5,534 MW on Thursday night amid a sweltering summer, the highest so far in the season, discom officials said.

The Uttar Pradesh government on Friday submitted before the Supreme Court that it will have to continue travel restrictions at Delhi border as there are 40 times more COVID-19 cases in the national capital as compared to Noida and Ghaziabad.

With the highest single-day spike of 2,137 COVID-19 cases, Delhi's tally of coronavirus infections crossed the 36,000-mark on Friday as the number of deaths due to the disease climbed to 1,214, authorities said.