No patient died due to lack of oxygen during the corona epidemic : Central Government

The Central Government has once again said that no patient has been confirmed to have died due to lack of oxygen from any state or union territory during the Corona epidemic so far. The government told the Rajya Sabha that it had asked states to give details of people who died due to lack of oxygen.

Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Bharti Praveen Pawar said in the Rajya Sabha that till April 4, 2022, the states and union territories have reported a total of 5,21,358 deaths in the country due to COVID-19.

Replying to supplementary questions during Question Hour, he said, "Twenty states/UTs have responded and none of them have confirmed death due to lack of oxygen." He said that some states are still updating and reporting the deaths due to COVID-19 on the web portal of the ministry.