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The back and forth between the AAP-led Delhi government and the BJP-led centre on who is to be blamed for the national capital's chaotic response to the coronavirus situation continued unabated on Monday.

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Delhiites woke up to a pleasant Monday morning with the minimum temperature settling at 24.5 degrees Celsius, which is normal for this time of the year.

Delhi has enough Covaxin to last only a day and Covishield enough for around four days, the state government has said in an SOS to the Centre.

The national capital on Sunday morning recorded a minimum temperature of 23.2 degrees Celsius, two notches below the season's average, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.

In a heartwarming episode that incidentally took place on Mothers' Day amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the head constable of the Delhi Police on Sunday took care of a child, both of whose parents were down with the coronavirus infection.

Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan has contributed Rs2 crore for the Covid-care facility at Rakab Ganj Gurdwara in Delhi, which is scheduled to open on Monday, said Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management committee president Manjinder Singh Sirsa.

Delhi recorded 273 more coronavirus deaths on Sunday, the lowest since April 21, and 13,336 new infections with a positivity rate of 21.67 per cent, the Health Department said.

Delhi receive 499 metric tonnes of oxygen on Saturday - less than the Supreme Court-mandated supply of 700 MT per day - from the centre despite warnings of being in contempt of the court's orders

Around 80 medical personnel and a surgeon in Delhi - belonging to Saroj Super Speciality Hospital - have tested coronavirus positive over the last month.

Coronavirus: 19,133 fresh COVID-19 cases in Delhi, positivity rate drops below 25%

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has extended the lockdown in the city by another week, making the restrictions stricter. Even the metro services have been suspended this time. The lockdown will be on till 5 am on May 17.

The national capital has received three out of the 21 Pressure Swing Adsorption oxygen plants from France and is likely to get the remaining later this month, officials said on Saturday.

Mayor of North Delhi's civic body made a bizarre remark after at least 23 COVID-19 patients left civic body-run Hindu Rao Hospital between April 19 and May 6 without informing anyone. He claimed "It is happening even in Delhi government hospitals".

A small-scale study on 113 healthcare workers who had received at least one vaccine dose at a private hospital in Delhi found that 18 tested positive for Covid but all except one had mild symptoms

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said this afternoon that he can vaccinate the entire national capital in three months if he gets nearly 85 lakh doses of Covid vaccines every month.

A plea alleging hoarding of oxygen by Delhi Cabinet Minister Imran Hussain came up for hearing before the Delhi High Court which on Friday asked him to reply to the claim of arbitrarily distributing oxygen to public for COVID-19 patients.

An ambulance owner was arrested for allegedly charging over Rs one lakh from a person to transport a COVID-19 patient to Ludhiana from Gurgaon, police said on Friday.

Amid suspense over who will be the next Chief Minister of Assam, the BJP central leadership has summoned incumbent chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal and the most powerful minister in the state Himanta Biswa Sarma to New Delhi on Saturday.

Oxygen supply to Delhi was short by 153 metric tonnes on Thursday, the Arvind Kejriwal government said this evening, as its tug-of-war with the centre over providing oxygen to patients during the second Covid wave spilled over into a new day

Delhi recorded a maximum temperature of 36.7 degrees Celsius on Friday, two notches below the normal, the India Meteorological Department said.

The Delhi Police raided two popular food joints in the city's iconic Khan Market and recovered over 100 oxygen concentrators, used for treatment of Covid patients, officials said on Friday.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday called a meeting with his cabinet ministers at 4:30 pm to discuss the coronavirus crisis in the capital that has led to thousands of deaths in the past few weeks.

Some of the states that first saw a steady rise in COVID-19 cases at the start of the deadly second wave of the pandemic are now seeing a plateauing of fresh infections, a top official of the Health Ministry said today.

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