New Delhi: In a positive turn, the Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said that the Government had written to the Centre to allot the surplus oxygen to other states and that Delhi was self-sufficient at the moment.
The national capital’s demand for life-saving gas has reduced to 582 MT. The Deputy CM informed that after assessing the COVID-19 situation, it was discovered that the national capital had a “requirement of 700 MT of oxygen when the number of cases was rising but now that the figure is showing a declining trend, the requirement has come down to 582 MT. Sisodia extended gratitude to the central government and the Delhi High Court for coming to the aid of the people of Delhi while they were in distress due to the alarming rise in coronavirus cases.
Delhi recorded 10,400 fresh COVID-19 cases in a 24-hour period while the positivity rate went down to 14 per cent, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader said. Meanwhile, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal said that the states fighting with each other for COVID-19 vaccines portray a ‘bad image’ of India and urged the Centre to procure the vaccines on behalf of the states.
