NEW DELHI: The national capital recorded zero deaths and 24 fresh Covid-19 cases on Friday, with a positivity rate dropping to 0.03%, according to the data shared by state health department.
Three fatalities due to the coronavirus infection were reported this month, one each on September 7, 16 and 17. The death toll in Delhi stands at 25,085.
According to the latest health bulletin, a total of 69,465 tests, including 46,555 RT-PCR and 22,910 rapid antigen tests, were conducted in the past 24 hours. The cumulative Covid-19 cases reported in Delhi, so far, stood at 14,38,658, while over 14.13 lakh patients have recovered from the disease.
On Thursday, 48 cases were reported with a positivity rate of 0.07%, while on Wednesday, 30 cases were logged with a positivity rate of 0.04%. On Tuesday, 39 cases were recorded with a positivity rate of 0.06%. The daily Covid case count had dropped to 17 on September 13, with no death being recorded, while the positivity rate was 0.04%.
Delhi battled a brutal second wave of the pandemic that claimed a large number of lives, with the shortage of oxygen at hospitals across the city adding to the woes.
On April 20, Delhi had reported 28,395 cases, the highest in the city since the beginning of the pandemic. On April 22, the case positivity rate was 36.2%, the highest so far. The highest number of 448 deaths was reported on May 3.
