With a drop in average fresh cases reported per day in Delhi over the past one week, experts have claimed that the city may go past the Covid-19 peak in early August. However, they cautioned that before making any conclusion, the trend of cases should be watched over the next week or so. Follow latest updates on the Covid-19 pandemic here
Arun Joshi
Tribune News Service
Jammu, July 4
Delhi has taken a note of the deafening silence of the Kashmir-centric parties on the tense situation in Ladakh, especially after the June 15 clashes in G
Finding plasma donors has proved a tough prospect because donations depend on certain conditions. Also, many recovered Covid patients have been reluctant to donate.
In the FIR registered Saturday, Benn stated, "I was walking towards the place where my staff had cornered the dog. A man asked me what I was doing. I told him we were catching street dogs for sterilisation and will drop them back in a few days."
June saw 3,371 new cases — 90% of the total — with 69 people dying. In July, almost 500 cases of coronavirus have already emerged, with 10 more people dying.
A woman was badly injured after she was run over by a speeding east Delhi's Ghazipur area on Friday, police said. The driver, Joginder, who is an official with Delhi police, was later arrested, police said.
Paramedical staff involved in collecting and testing samples for Covid face big risk of infection but their work is crucial in the fight against the pandemic.
Rain lashed out in parts of Delhi on July 05 early morning. Lightning and thunderstorm were also observed which brought a change in weather. It has brought a much-needed relief from the heatwave conditions prevailing in the region. The India Meteorological Department had predicted light showers on Sunday.
As per the chargesheet, the man first made a PCR call at 10.05 pm. The incident description read: “The caller is Hindu. Hindus have set a Muslim man’s bike on fire. They were also going to set him on fire, and he jumped into the drain.”
At the Anand Vihar Bus Terminal in East Delhi, many migrant labourers from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar are arriving, and have started heading back to work in Delhi and other parts of the country.
The Indian Red Cross Society, a voluntary organisation with a network of blood banks across the country, has been able to hold 57 camps in Delhi from April 14 till date.
On June 23, the city saw 3,947 cases — the highest in a single day so far. On the day, 16,952 tests were conducted, taking the positivity rate to 23.2%. On Saturday, 2,505 out of 23,673 people tested were positive, indicating a positivity rate of 10.6%.
