Live updates: 90 private hospitals in Delhi to reserve 60% bed capacity for treatment of Covid patients

7,546 fresh cases of Covid-19 in Delhi take tally to over 5.1 lakh; death toll rises to 8,041 with 98 more fatalities, PTI reports quoting authorities.

Delhi government directs 42 private hospitals to reserve 80% of their total ICU/HDU bed capacity for treatment of Covid-19 patients with immediate effect. (ANI)

10 multi-disciplinary teams of MHA constituted to visit more than 100 private hospitals in Delhi for assessing bed utilisation and testing capacity and to identify extra ICU beds have submitted reports. Reports under consideration of DGHS: Ministry of Home Affairs. (ANI)

To ramp up Delhi’s medical infrastructure, all 75 doctors & 251 paramedics from CAPF have reported for duty. 50 doctors & 175 paramedics deployed at Chhatarpur & Shakur Basti Covid care centre. Delhi govt asked to refer patients needing critical care to these facilities: MHA. (ANI)

500 isolation beds at Covid care centre at Delhi's Chhatarpur to be converted to beds with oxygen facility. Beds to be ready by the weekend: Ministry of Home Affairs. (ANI)

Delhi government has ordered 90 private hospitals to reserve 60% of their total bed capacity for treatment of Covid-19 patients. This will increase 2,644 beds in private hospitals for Covid treatment: Delhi health minister Satyendar Jain. (ANI)

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal visits Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital and says, "DDU Hospital will increase the present number of ICU beds dedicated for Covid-19 from 50 to 100. We are trying to increase the number of ICU beds on a war footing." (ANI)

Delhi: BJP stages protest against Delhi govt's handling of COVID19 and air pollution, slogans demanding CM Arvind Kejriwal's resignation raised. Party leader Vijay Goel also participated. (ANI)

A fine of Rs 2,000 will be imposed on anyone who is found not wearing a mask at a public place: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal (ANI)

We want our brothers and sisters to celebrate Chhath Puja very nicely. Please celebrate but if 200 people enter into a pond at a time, and even if just one of them has Covid-19, all of them will contract the infection. This is also the opinion of experts: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal

HC says AAP govt submission in court on rise in Covid-19 cases in Delhi was contrary to press statements by its ministers. (PTI)

Disheartening to note that number of deaths due to Covid-19 in a day in Delhi has climbed to 131: High court. (PTI)

If the Delhi government had taken the right measures people would not have had problems celebrating Chhath Puja together. Markets should remain open with Covid19 guidelines. The need of the hour is ICU beds & ventilators: Adesh Gupta, Delhi BJP chief after all-party meeting. (ANI)

CM Arvind Kejriwal to meet market associations before any decision on shutting markets to check spread of Covid-19 in Delhi, says AAP MLA Saurabh Bharadwaj.

Number of RT-PCR tests to be enhanced from 18,000 to 27,000 daily in Delhi, says AAP MLA Saurabh Bharadwaj after all-party meeting on Covid-19.

Why wait till now to reduce number of attendees at weddings: Delhi HC to AAP govt

Congress leader AK Antony tests positive for Covid-19, undergoing treatment at AIIMS

All-party meeting convened by chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, to discuss the Covid-19 situation in the national capital, concludes.

RT-PCR capacity to be raised to 60,000 a day by month-end