Oxygen Supply
Delhi govt opposes O2 use audit: Report
New Delhi/IBNS: Amid the oxygen crisis, the Delhi government has opposed the Centre's plea for auditing the oxygen utilisation in the national capital, media reports said.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said the Centre had supplied 730 MT of oxygen on Wednesday, TOI said.
The allocation is more than the benchmark set by the Supreme Court.
"On Wednesday, not one complaint of stock out was received from Delhi. It may be noted that this was based on supplies of oxygen of 585 MT the day before on May 4, made to Delhi," the SG said as quoted by TOI.
Earlier Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to ensure seamless oxygen supply to the national capital.
India has registered 4,14,188 new Covid-19 cases within the past 24 hours, marking the largest daily increase since the start of the outbreak, the Health Ministry said on Friday.
With this, the cumulative tally in the country has reached 2,14,92,198.
Within the same period, the death toll has risen by 3,915 to stand at 2,34,083. More than 17.61 million patients have recovered since the start of the epidemic.
According to the Ministry, the active cases rose by 78,766 in the last 24 hours and is being pegged at 21,491,598,
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