Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal retorted to Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath on Twitter. In his tweet, Kejriwal called the latter cruel and implied that he didn’t pay any heed to people in UP dying due to Covid-19.

Following Yogi’s traitor remark, Kejriwal said that the Chief Minister should quit this brawl just like he was busy giving false advertisements in Times magazine and spending crores of rupees when dead bodies of people of UP were flowing in the river. He added that he has never seen such a cruel leader like Yogi. This tweet was shared late at night on February 7, 2022.

This tweet from the Chief Minister of Delhi was a reply to Yogi. Earlier on the same day, CM Yogi tweeted that Kejriwal forced the workers of UP to leave Delhi when the entire humanity was groaning due to the pain of Covid-19. He added that the Delhi government did an undemocratic and inhuman act like leaving even small children and women helpless on the UP border in the middle of the night. He ended his tweet on a loose end by calling Arvind Kejriwal a traitor of humanity.

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As elections are approaching, both the Chief Ministers have been quite active on their social media. On Monday, February 8, 2022, Kejriwal tweeted that PM Modi’s statement about the migrant conditions during Covid-19 was false. He said that the statement of the Prime Minister is completely false. He added that the country hoped that the Prime Minister will be sensitive to those who have suffered the pain of the Corona period and those who have lost their loved ones. He also said that it does not suit the Prime Minister of India to do politics on the suffering of the people. These tweets have received mixed reactions from people.

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The oxygen in some of the Delhi’s biggest Covid hospitals have been refilled on Tuesday night, hours after the healthcare facilities reported oxygen shortage and flagged the issue in court through appeals by politicians, including Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.

Oxygen tankers arrived late on Tuesday at some of the biggest hospitals, including Guru Teg Bahadur (GTB) Hospital and Sir Ganga Ram Hospital which were merely hours away from running out of stock.

Sir Ganga Ram hospital received 4,500 cubic meters of oxygen from a private vendor and 6,000 cubic meters from INOX late night on Tuesday. The existing supply should last for 24 hours till Thursday morning. At present, the total requirement is 11,000 cubic meters. Indian Oxygen Limited and Inox have promised to refill the tanks during the day, said Dr. D.S. Rana, Chairman of the hospital.

Delhi’s biggest Covid-19 facility, the Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Narayan Hospital, received 10 tonnes of oxygen supplies last night. Another medical facility that received supplies last night were the state-run Deen Dayal Upadhyay hospital.

Meanwhile, officials at Max Hospital in east Delhi’s Patparganj, however, said that one consignment from Inox, which was expected at 2 am, arrived only at 8 this morning. Even this consignment is not enough to last beyond the afternoon, they said. Of the 300 patients in the hospital, 200 are on oxygen support, officials there said.

The shortage of oxygen was raised by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and other ministers of his cabinet. Calling it a serious oxygen crisis, the CM urged the Centre to immediately provide oxygen to the city.

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Meanwhile, AAP leader Satyendar Jain highlighted the shortage of oxygen in GTB Hospital saying, oxygen may not last beyond 4 hrs. More than 500 corona patients on oxygen support.

The GTB hospital also received oxygen supplies by the night.

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India continued to witness a spike in the number of Covid cases for the second consecutive day. According to health ministry data, a jump of 50, 210 infections was recorded in the past 24 hours. The country’s latest tally stands at 83.64 lakh. In the last 24 hours, 704 fatalities were recorded taking the death toll to 1,24,315.

The country is witnessing a rise in number of cases since the past two days after recording lower numbers in the past two weeks. The latest trend is a major cause of worry for the government. The spike can be contributed to the Covid fatigue, festive season and air pollution.

Earlier on Wednesday, Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal had admitted that the third wave might have struck the capital. Delhi is witnessing a large number of cases with each passing day. Apart from Delhi, Kerala, West Bengal and Manipur are among the states recording a high number of Covid cases everyday. According to the government, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka were witnessing a decline in the daily count.

India’s current tally of active cases is at 5,27,962 after a decrease of 5,825 in the last 24 hours. The only silver lining for the country is a good recovery rate. More than 77 lah people have recovered from the viral disease so far.

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Earlier, PM Narendra Modi had warned people to not show carelessness during the festive season and adhere to Covid guidelines which include wearing a mask and maintaining social distance. Addressing the nation before the Durga puja, the PM had said that although things were improving in the country, there was no room for carelessness. He also appreciated efforts made by the country to adhere to Covid guidelines and showing unity as a nation in its fight against the disease.

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Maharashtra remains the hardest-hit in the pandemic, accounting for 7,03,823 cases. In a worrying indication that the COVID crisis in Delhi is far from over, the national capital on Tuesday saw the highest spike in cases in the last 40 days, with 1,544 fresh cases. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has called a high-level meeting to discuss the situation. Delhi government Health Minister, Chief Secretary and all top officials of the Health Department will be present at the meeting.

The COVID-19 tally of Andaman and Nicobar Islands rose to 2,945 on Wednesday as 41 more people tested positive for the infection, while two fresh fatalities pushed the Union territory”s coronavirus death toll to 37, health officials said. 14 new COVID-19 cases have been reported in Mizoram taking the total cases in the state to 967, including 464 cured/discharged.

As many as 1,056 new COVID-19 cases and 12 deaths were reported in Jharkhand on Tuesday, said State Health Department in a bulletin. According to the bulletin, the total number of cases now stands at 32,174 including 10,077 active cases, 21,750 recoveries and 347 deaths.  In Assam, 1,973 new COVID-19 cases were reported in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of cases to 94,592.

India has exponentially scaled its testing from one lakh in January to 10 lakhs/day in August 2020. With Positivity Rate progressively falling, testing has worked as an effective tool to limit the spread of COVID-19 infection, Ministry of Health said. The ministry also said there has been a steady decline in the positivity rate of COVID-19 despite an exponential increase in testing, underlining that the number of active cases of the infection have reduced by 6,423 in a day for the first time.

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Presenting a mortality analysis on the basis of age and gender, Health Ministry Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said COVID-19 fatalities include 69% male and 31% female.

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