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Delhi Covid News Updates: National capital sees 17 more deaths due to Covid, 19,166 new cases
Delhi on Monday reported 17 more deaths due to Covid and 19,166 new cases in last 24 hours. The positivity rate has soared to 25 per cent now. Delhi LG said that DDMA has decided to close restaurants and bars and to allow 'take away' facility only. It was also decided to allow operation of only one weekly market per day per zone. Stay tuned to TOI for all latest updates:Read Less
Over 18k people take 'precautionary dose' in Delhi
A total of 18,795 people, including 6,212 healthcare workers, got a "precautionary dose" of COVID-19 vaccine in the capital on Monday, according to government data. As many as 8,040 people aged above 60 and 4,543 frontline workers also got their third dose. Around three lakh people aged 60 or more, healthcare workers and frontline workers who took their second dose of vaccine nine months ago have become eligible for the third dose from Monday. (PTI)
Moderate air quality in Delhi
Delhi's air quality was recorded in the moderate category on Monday while the maximum temperature settled at 18.1 degrees Celsius, two notches below normal. The minimum temperature of the city was recorded at 9.6 degrees Celsius, three notches above the season's average. (PTI)
Eateries closed in Delhi for dine-in services as part of the Covid containment plan. "This decision may be good from govt perspective but not for the people associated with this sector. How are we going to survive? Govt should think about us," says a restaurant manager in CP. (ANI)
All elective surgeries to be curtailed in Delhi's Safdarjung Hospital till further orders, as per hospital administration. (ANI)
Delhi sees 17 more deaths due to Covid, 19,166 new cases in a day. Positivity rate soars to 25 per cent: Health bulletin. (PTI)
Delhi Health Dept asked to make adequate arrangement for additional manpower in hospitals, scale up vaccination efforts: LG Anil Baijal. (PTI)
Officers advised to strictly ensure Covid-appropriate behaviour followed by people in markets: Delhi LG Anil Baijal. (PTI)
Today's DDMA meeting decided to close restaurants & bars & to allow 'take away' facility only. It was also decided to allow operation of only one weekly market per day per zone: Delhi LG. (ANI)
Delhi: Father beats paralysed son to death, arrested
A man was arrested after he allegedly murdered his paralysed son in Delhi's Bharat Nagar area, said the police on Monday. According to Delhi police, they received information at 1.24 pm on Sunday from Deep Chand Bandhu Hospital regarding the admission of a patient named Paramjeet in an unconscious state. (ANI)
A view of Connaught Place after the weekend curfew
A view of Connaught Place after the end of weekend curfew in #Delhi. https://t.co/gLpyMyYH6J
— TOI Delhi (@TOIDelhi) 1641815830000A health worker walks inside the Shehnai Banquet Hall, a Covid-19 care facility in New Delhi on Monday. (TOI photo by Rajesh Mehta)
At 4,613, Noida has UP’s most active cases
Gautam Budh Nagar continued to report more than 1,100 Covid cases for the second consecutive day on Sunday with at least 1,150 more people testing positive for the infection in the past 24 hours, catapulting the number of active cases to 4,613.
Read moreNo lockdown in Delhi, DDMA mulls stricter Covid curbs
The Delhi Disaster Management Authority on Monday decided not to impose lockdown to contain the spread of Covid-19 and discussed further restrictions such as closing dine-in facility in restaurants and scaling down seating capacity in metro trains and buses, officials said.
Around 1,000 Delhi Police personnel, including public relations officer and additional commissioner Chinmoy Biswal have tested positive for Covid-19. All infected personnel are under quarantine: Delhi Police. (ANI)
Restaurant dine-in service likely to be discontinued amid surge, take-away to continue: Sources (ANI)
DDMA meeting over Covid situation in the national capital concludes.
Two more held for trafficking, may have sold nearly 100 infants in Delhi-NCR
Hours after the alacrity of a cabbie took the cover of a gang that stole newborns and led to the arrest of three persons on Saturday, two more women were nabbed from Delhi in connection with the racket that is believed to have spread its fangs across NCR.
Read moreDrive-through Covid precautionary dose vaccination drive under way at Moolchand Hospital, Delhi.
Booster dose from today: 108 vax sites in Gurugram for 60+ age group with comorbidities
The city will administer the Covid-19 booster or ‘precaution’ dose to those above 60 years of age with comorbidities, who have completed nine months since the second dose, from today.
Read moreCovid-19 vaccine precautionary dose being administered to frontline workers, senior citizens over 60 with underlying conditions, at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in Delhi.
