Coronavirus in India News Live Updates: Centre Increases Delhi’s Medical Oxygen Supply

Hours after being tested positive for COVID-19, a  58-year-old assistant sub inspector of Delhi Police died Wednesday morning, officials said. The deceased, identified as ASI Surender, was posted with the Ashok Vihar Police Station, they said. He was on night shift on Tuesday when he complained of breathlessness and fever. He was taken to BJRM hospital where after being tested positive for COVID-19, he was sent on 14-day home quarantine and prescribed medicines by doctor, police said.

The All India Students’ Association on Wednesday alleged that the Jawaharlal Nehru University administration has put COVID-infected students at an isolation centre “without proper care”. The students association alleged in a statement that there was nobody to check on the students at the centre. “JNU students who have tested positive are being taken to an isolation centre in Sultanpuri. It is basically a DDA flat, with one or two students staying in each flat. There is no regular check up of the students to measure their vitals and oxygen levels. Two JNU students told us that even when they faced breathing problem, there was no one to take care of them,” it said.

Centre Raises Delhi’s Oxygen Quota | With several private and government hospitals in Delhi running low on medical oxygen for COVID-19 patients, the Centre raised the national capital’s oxygen quota from 378 metric tonnes to 480 metric tonnes on Wednesday. “Central govt has increased Delhi’s quota of oxygen. We r very grateful to centre for this (sic),” Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said in a tweet. The Centre announced that it will supply 480 metric tonnes of oxygen to Delhi, which will come from Odisha, West Bengal, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh, the city government said in a statement.