Nearby, lying unattended on the floor, and in scores of parked vehicles, more corpses awaited their turn, which relatives were told would come 16 to 20 hours later.
In his late 20s, Khan was posted as a Metropolitan Magistrate in Dwarka District Courts complex.
Kejriwal on Tuesday visited two major government hospitals of Delhi – Guru Tegh Bahadur Hospital (GTBH) and LNJP Hospital.
The hospital also said that they have 6,000 cubic meters of oxygen in storage tanks which may last for 10 hours or 6 pm on Tuesday. The hospital has a consumption of 10,000 cubic meters per day.
Addressing a virtual press conference, Kejriwal said his government has given the approval to purchase 1.34 crore vaccines.
A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Jasmeet Singh also directed the Delhi government to “widely publicise” its April 23 circular on the matter.
The magistrates have been deployed at Shahid Nirmal Mahto Medical College and Hospital (SNMMCH), Sadar Hospital, and Central Hospital of Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL).
A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Jasmeet Singh also asked the Delhi government to put in place necessary infrastructure to streamline the sample collection process.
The Union Home Ministry has asked the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) as the nodal force to manage the centre at Radha Soami Beas, Chhatarpur.
A senior official said the 33-year-old Khalid had developed symptoms of the diseases following which he was tested for the coronavirus infection.
The railways has chalked out plans to transport medical oxygen from Angul, Kalingnagar, Rourkela and Raigarh to Delhi and NCR region, Sharma said, adding the Delhi government has been advised to get road tankers ready to obtain the oxygen.
The medicines and cylinders were earlier being distributed to COVID-19 patients in his East Delhi constituency only.
The city now has 93,080 active cases. A Delhi Health Department bulletin said the total coronavirus cases count in the city has gone up to 10,04,782 and death toll has gone up to 13,898.
The areas likely to be affected are Civil lines, Hindu Rao Hospital and adjoining areas, Kamla Nagar, Shakti Nagar and adjoining areas, it said.
Kejriwal’s request for supply of oxygen came following the death of 20 patients in Jaipur Golden Hospital here as Delhi’s desperate hunt for the life-saving gas continued amid rising COVID-19 cases.
Congress leader Ajay Maken said the Centre and the Delhi government can squabble later but they should at least work for public welfare and development during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The observation by a bench of Justices Vipin Sanghi and Rekha Palli came during hearing of a plea by Maharaja Agrasen Hospital over shortage of oxygen for seriously-ill COVID patients.
Twenty critically ill patients died overnight at Jaipur Golden Hospital in Delhi amid a serious oxygen crisis, officials said.
The DDMA also directed the Delhi Police to provide a green corridor for all oxygen tankers from point of entry to the designated destination when they arrive.
The hospital started discharging its patients and stopped admitting new patients. Relatives of patients are also worried about the decision of the hospital administration.
Several small hospitals in the city struggled to replenish oxygen supply for coronavirus patients on Thursday morning, even as some big healthcare facilities received fresh stock overnight.
Senior advocate Rahul Mehra, representing the Delhi government, also told the court that oxygen which was to be picked up from some units in Uttar Pradesh could also be not lifted from there.
Delhi has been battling acute shortage of oxygen in hospitals with Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia saying that in some hospitals no medical oxygen is left.
Kejriwal thanked the Centre and the High Court for their efforts towards raising Delhi’s oxygen quota for treating COVID 19 patients, and said the supplies have started reaching the national capital.
The cumulative figure of 17,924 calls in the past one week don’t include the ones made by patients to private ambulances.