Oxygen shortage due to COVID-19 crisis leaves Delhi, other cities overwhelmed

India's total tally of COVID-19 cases has climbed to 1,73,13,163 while active cases have crossed the 28-lakh mark, according to the Union Health Ministry.
A relative of a COVID-19 patient along with others waits to refill cylinders with medical oxygen at Badarpur during the second wave of coronavirus pandemic in India, in New Delhi. (Photo | PTI)
A relative of a COVID-19 patient along with others waits to refill cylinders with medical oxygen at Badarpur during the second wave of coronavirus pandemic in India, in New Delhi. (Photo | PTI)
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A Covid 19-infected patient uses oxygen provided by an NGO, Hemkunt Foundation, at Sector 42 in Gurugram. A Covid 19-infected patient uses oxygen provided by an NGO, Hemkunt Foundation, at Sector 42 in Gurugram. (Photo | PTI)
A Covid 19-infected patient uses oxygen provided by an NGO, Hemkunt Foundation, at Sector 42 in Gurugram. A Covid 19-infected patient uses oxygen provided by an NGO, Hemkunt Foundation, at Sector 42 in Gurugram. (Photo | PTI)
A patient is shifted to a broken stretcher for primary treatment outside LLR Hospital in Kanpur.  A Covid 19-infected patient uses oxygen provided by an NGO, Hemkunt Foundation, at Sector 42 in Gurugram. (Photo | PTI)
A patient is shifted to a broken stretcher for primary treatment outside LLR Hospital in Kanpur. A Covid 19-infected patient uses oxygen provided by an NGO, Hemkunt Foundation, at Sector 42 in Gurugram. (Photo | PTI)
Relatives shifting an elderly person on to a stretcher outside the casualty ward of a hospital in Bhubaneswar. (Photo | Biswanath Swain, EPS)
Relatives shifting an elderly person on to a stretcher outside the casualty ward of a hospital in Bhubaneswar. (Photo | Biswanath Swain, EPS)
A COVID-19 patient waits to be admitted at Jawaharlal Nehru Hospital in Ajmer. (Photo | PTI)
A COVID-19 patient waits to be admitted at Jawaharlal Nehru Hospital in Ajmer. (Photo | PTI)
People wait to refill their medical oxygen cylinders for patients at an oxygen refilling station in New Delhi on Sunday. The national capital is facing shortage of oxygen cylinders ever since the numbers spiked. (Photo | Parveen Negi, EPS)
People wait to refill their medical oxygen cylinders for patients at an oxygen refilling station in New Delhi on Sunday. The national capital is facing shortage of oxygen cylinders ever since the numbers spiked. (Photo | Parveen Negi, EPS)
Migrant labourers try to board a bus to their native places in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, from Gurugram, on Sunday. (Photo | PTI)
Migrant labourers try to board a bus to their native places in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, from Gurugram, on Sunday. (Photo | PTI)
A family member tries to revive a COVID-19 positive patient outside Nalanda Medical College and Hospital while waiting to be admitted, in Patna. (Photo | PTI)
A family member tries to revive a COVID-19 positive patient outside Nalanda Medical College and Hospital while waiting to be admitted, in Patna. (Photo | PTI)

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