Delhi recorded 142 fresh coronavirus cases with a positivity rate of 5.43 per cent and one Covid-linked death on Friday, according to data shared by the city government's health department.
The national capital recorded 7 deaths from Covid-19 for the second consecutive day, over the last 24 hours, the Health department said in a bulletin on Thursday.
Delhi reported seven deaths due to Covid-19 on Wednesday and registered a total of 1,040 fresh cases, the state health department said in a bulletin, spelling further concerns of the ongoing the wave of the pandemic extending its grip over the national capital.
Slain gangster Atiq Ahmed's brother-in-law Akhlaq Ahmed, a health department doctor allegedly involved in unethical activities, has been suspended by the Uttar Pradesh government.
Delhi reported 948 fresh cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, the lowest in the previous 12 days, said the state health department in a bulletin on Sunday.
"There was heavy snowfall in Kedarnath Dham yesterday. Pilgrims are requested to be alert and begin their yatra by looking at the weather," said Uttarakhand DGP Ashok Kumar.
Maharashtra reported four deaths due to Covid-19 infection, and 850 new cases in the last 24 hours, state's health department said in a bulletin on Saturday.
The Uttar Pradesh government has taken action against two doctors who were allegedly involved in "unethical activities" including black marketing of medicines, state Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak said on Friday.
With the Char Dham Yatra set to start in Uttarakhand after three days, Dr R. Rajesh Kumar, secretary, state health department, has issued a health advisory for pilgrims.