The Delhi government has
decided to start a 'Plasma Bank' in Delhi for the treatment of COVID-19
patients, says Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal. "This 'Plasma Bank' will be
set-up at the Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences in Delhi. Anyone who
needs plasma will need a recommendation from a doctor," he said.
Kejriwal said the Delhi
govt has so far conducted clinical trial of plasma therapy on 29 COVID-19
patients and the results were good. "The 'Plasma Bank' will start
operation in the next two days. I appeal to COVID19 recovered patients to
donate their plasma," the CM said.
Kejriwal also announced Rs
1 crore for the family of LNJP Dr Aseem Gupta who died due to COVID-19.
Of the 380 new deaths
reported, 156 are from Maharashtra, 65 from Delhi, 54 from Tamil Nadu, 19 from
Gujarat, 16 from Karnataka, 12 from Andhra Pradesh, 11 from Uttar Pradesh, 10
from West Bengal, eight from Rajasthan, seven from Madhya Pradesh, five each
from Haryana and Punjab, four from Telangana, three from Odisha and one
fatality each was reported from Jammu and Kashmir, Assam, Goa, Uttarakhand and
Bihar.
Of the total 16,475 deaths
reported so far, Maharashtra tops the tally with 7,429 deaths, followed by
Delhi with 2,623, Gujarat with 1,808, Tamil Nadu with 1,079, Uttar Pradesh with
660, West Bengal with 639, Madhya Pradesh with 557, Rajasthan with 399 and
Telangana with 247 deaths.
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