Delhi recorded 1,044 black fungus cases, 89 deaths till Wednesday: Health Minister Satyendar Jain

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Delhi has recorded 1,044 cases of mucormycosis or black fungus and 89 deaths due to the infection till Wednesday, Health Minister Satyendar Jain said.

He said 92 patients have recovered till now while pointing out that there is a shortage of medicines to treat the infection.

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday said if the city government could not ensure that people get both doses of COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin within the stipulated time, it should not have started so many vaccination centres with “much pomp and splendour”.

“The vaccination programme was prepared according to the schedule given by the Centre. But they changed the schedule. If the Covaxin supply would have been coming, we would have administered the second dose to people. We are trying to procure the vaccines quickly,” Jain told the media.

Delhi reported 576 fresh coronavirus cases at a positivity rate of 0.78 % on Wednesday.

“We are seeing a decline in the number of cases. There was a time when the number of fresh cases had touched 28,000. When the cases were fewer, the number was around 150-200, but it is higher than those figures currently. People should wear masks while stepping out and follow the social-distancing norms,” the minister said.