The country hits highest number of deaths in last 24 hours as crime branch probes Delhi restaurants hoarding concentrators
People wearing protective gear carry a body at a crematorium near Siliguri on Saturday. Pic/AFP
India has recorded 4,187 deaths due to COVID-19 in the last 24 hours—the highest so far, along with 4,01,078 fresh cases, taking the total number of cases in the country to 2,18,92,676. It is the fourth time after May 1 that India has crossed the four-lakh mark of new cases in 24 hours. On Friday, India recorded 4,14,188 cases.
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Delhi restaurants hoard O2
The probe of recovery of over 500 oxygen concentrators from famous Delhi restaurants has been handed over to the crime branch. This development comes a day after the Delhi Police arrested Gourav Khanna, CEO of Matrix Cellular Services Ltd, in connection with its probe into the seizure of concentrators from popular restaurants in the national capital.
Doorstep refill of cylinders
In an initiative to stop black marketing and streamline oxygen supply, the Haryana government will start a door-to-door oxygen cylinder refill provision, for which, one will have to apply via oxygenhry.in.
Indigenous herbal medicines helpful in treating COVID-19
Two indigenous herbal medicines have been found useful in the treatment of mild to moderate COVID-19 infection, the Ministry of AYUSH (Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy) has said. In a letter to J Radakrishnan, Principal Secretary to the Health and Family Welfare Department, PN Ranjit Kumar, Joint Secretary at the Ministry of AYUSH, said that two herbal medicines, Kaphasura Kudineer and Ayush-64, have emerged as a ray of hope for COVID-19 patients, and requested that their use be popularised by the government.
2,18,92,676
Total number of cases in the country as of Saturday
2,34,083
Total no. of deaths due to the virus in India
1,79,30,960
Patients recovered and discharged in India by Saturday
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