NEW DELHI: The national capital recorded five Covid-19 fatalities and 44 fresh cases at a positivity rate of 0.07% on Tuesday.
The city recorded 36 cases on Monday— its lowest single-day rise in over a year— while the positivity rate stood at 0.06%. It was on April 15 last year when the city had recorded 17 cases.
Thirty-seven more patients have recovered from the infection in Delhi, the health bulletin issued by the state government stated. A total of 14,10,005 people have either recovered, been discharged or migrated out of the city so far. The case fatality rate stands at 1.74, it added.
With the new cases and fatalities, the city’s death toll climbed to 25,035, while the cumulative case tally reached 14,35,609. A total of 63,019 Covid-19 tests were conducted on Monday, of which 44,368 were RT-PCR/CBNAAT/True Nat tests, while the rest were rapid antigen tests, the bulletin said.
The number of active cases stands at 569 against 567 recorded the previous day. The number of containment zones was 406, a minor decline from 407, a day ago.
According to the bulletin, 183 patients are in home isolation. Meanwhile, of the 12,729 beds in hospitals, 333 were occupied.
Delhi recorded 59 new cases and four deaths on Saturday, while the positivity rate was 0.08%. On Friday, it saw 66 cases and one fatality, while the positivity rate was 0.09%.
A total of 25,985 beneficiaries were vaccinated on Monday, including 9,281, who were inoculated with the second dose. As many as 93,67,800 beneficiaries have received at least one dose of the vaccine till now, including 22,25,694, who have been fully vaccinated.
