Delhi news live: ‘Order’ to shut down Janpath market leads to confusion

The national capital on Monday recorded 45 Covid-19 cases — the lowest singleday rise in over a year— and three deaths, while the positivity rate stood at 0.08%.

Nearly 90 lakh Covid vaccine doses have been administered in the capital till date, and the youth brigade is leading the charge.

Ajay Sachdeva, executive member of Janpath Bhawan Traders’ Association, stated that an official from the SDM office, New Delhi visited the minimarket behind LIC Building on Sunday evening.

The Centre provides vaccines for a day or two, then we have to keep vaccine centres closed for several days,” deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia tweeted on Monday.

Officials in the state health department said 55,019 tests were conducted in the past 24 hours, of which 43,661 were RT-PCR.

The Delhi government on Monday sought urgent hearing before the Supreme Court on its contempt plea against Haryana for not supplying the portion of water which it is entitled to as per the Supreme Court’s order, saying there is a possibility of severe water crisis in the national capital.

The district administration, in a statement, said the church was built on the gram sabha land, which was “encroached by some people by installment of religious structures”.

Raising the issue of shortage of Covid vaccines in the city, Deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia tweeted, “Vaccines have run out in Delhi again.

A 28-year-old man was arrested with the help of facial recognition system for allegedly burgling houses near Khan Market in Lutyens’ Delhi, police said on Monday.

The number of dengue cases for the January 1-July 10 period is also the highest this year since 2018, when the count was 36.

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