AAP MLA Raghav Chadha on Sunday said that Delhi received just 499 metric tonnes (MT) of oxygen on May 8, against the average supply of 700 MT ordered by the Supreme Court. The SC had on Friday directed the Centre to supply 700 MT oxygen daily until it modifies the order. “We don’t want to be coercive, it had said.

Over the last week, the city got an average of 533 MT oxygen daily, which is 76 percent of the quantity directed by the SC. On Saturday, four healthcare facilities in Delhi, with 1,271 oxygen beds, sent out oxygen shortage SOS calls, the city government said. The Delhi government supplied 15.50 MT of oxygen to these hospitals, according to official data.