COVID patients

COVID death toll climbs to 9542 in Bihar

11:56 pm June 10, 2021

Patna: With 23 new COVID deaths, the toll increased to 9542 in Bihar Thursday, while 551 fresh positive cases spiked the total caseload in the state to 7,15,730, health department bulletin said. The state government had on the previous day issued the revised death figures of COVID in Bihar after including 3951 unreported casualties from […]

COVID: Hospital discharges outnumber admissions in Delhi

11:59 pm May 21, 2021

New Delhi: The number of people discharged from hospitals on a daily basis after recovering from COVID has outnumbered the number of those getting admitted since May 14, government shows. The decline in hospital admissions can be attributed to the decline in positive cases, according to officials. The government data shows that since May 14, […]

Oxygen leakage at Siliguri hospital triggers panic

3:08 pm May 21, 2021

Siliguri: Oxygen leakage at the North Bengal Medical College and Hospital in Siliguri triggered panic among COVID patients and their families on Friday morning, officials said. The incident happened around 9.15 am when the leakage was detected in a pipe supplying oxygen to the COVID block of the hospital, they said. The oxygen clouded the […]

2 arrested for black marketing oxygen concentrators

7:01 pm May 2, 2021

New Delhi: Two men have been arrested for their alleged involvement in black marketing oxygen concentrators, an equipment used for treatment of COVID patients, police said on Sunday. The accused has been identified as Anuj Minda (41), a resident of Ashok Vihar, and Gurmeet Singh (36), a resident of Rohini, they said. The police said […]

Plea in HC to direct CBSE affiliated schools to publish docs on criteria to calculate class 10 marks

Increase beds, ventilators for COVID-19 patients: HC to Centre, Delhi govt

9:56 pm June 13, 2020

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has directed the Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal-led government to increase the number of beds and ventilators for COVID-19 patients in the hospitals. “Considering the gravity of the situation, we hereby direct the respondents (Centre and Delhi government) to increase the number of the beds for COVID-19 patients and also […]