COVID: Delhi logs 40 fresh cases, no deaths
India TV NewsDelhi recorded 40 fresh COVID-19 cases on Saturday, and zero deaths, pushing the total tally of coronavirus infections to 14,39,566, and death toll to 25,091, the Health Ministry said. Despite fall in daily cases in the last several days, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had recently cautioned that the chances of the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic were quite real, while asserting that his government was preparing on a "war-footing" to combat it. Delhi had been reeling under a brutal second wave of the pandemic, claiming a massive number of lives daily, and the oxygen supply shortage issue at various hospitals earlier had added to the woes. Since April 19, both daily cases and single-day deaths count had been spiralling up, with over 28,000 cases and 277 deaths recorded on April 20; rising to 306 fatalities on April 22.