Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain's father lost his battle against COVID-19 in the national capital. Chief Minister, Arvind Kejriwal offered his condolences on Twitter saying, “Our health minister Satyendra Jain lost his father today to COVID, he said, terming it “very very sad".“ Satyendra himself has been working tirelessly round the clock for the people of Delhi. God bless his soul and my heartfelt condolences to the family," Kejriwal added in his tweet.
Jain was also infected with the virus last June and he recovered. The national capital recorded its highest 412 COVID-19 fatalities in a day and 25,219 new instances of the infection with a case positivity rate of 31.61 per cent on Saturday, according to a bulletin issued by the Delhi health department. It had reported 375 fatalities on Friday, 395 on Thursday, 368 on Wednesday; 381 on Tuesday, 380 on Monday, 350 on Sunday, 357 on Saturday last week, and 348 on last Friday, according to government data. The city has so far recorded 11,74,553 cases, of which over 10.61 lakh have recovered. The death toll due to the viral disease stands at 16,559, the bulletin said.