India's Supreme Court won't punish government leaders for country's low oxygen supply

"Ultimately putting officers in jail or hauling officers for contempt will not bring oxygen. Please tell us steps to solve this," Justice Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud said in court, according toOn Wednesday, India recorded 382,315 new coronavirus cases, reaching a total of more than 20.6 million. An additional 3,780 deaths in the last 24 hours brought the total to 226,188, though health experts predict both case and death figures to be undercounted.

Raghav Chaddha, a spokesman for the Aam Aadmi Party governing New Delhi, said hospitals were getting only 40% of their 700-metric-ton daily needs through the federal government, and the local government was arranging additional supplies to meet the shortfall and setting up new oxygen plants.

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