NEW DELHI: The national capital recorded 58 fresh Covid-19 cases and one death on Friday, while the positivity rate stood at 0.09%. The single new fatality has pushed the death toll in the city to 25,041, stated the latest bulletin.
On Thursday, the city registered 49 cases and one fatality, while the positivity rate was 0.08%. On Wednesday, it saw 62 cases and four fatalities and a positivity rate of 0.09%. On Tuesday, 44 cases and five deaths were reported, while the positivity rate was 0.07%. The infection rate, which had reached 36% in the last week of April, has now come down to 0.09%.
Despite the fall in daily cases, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal recently had cautioned that chances of a third wave were real and asserted that Delhi government was preparing on a “war-footing” to combat it.
According to the latest bulletin, 67,817 Covid tests, including 43,216 RT-PCR and 24,601 rapid antigen tests, were conducted in the city on Thursday. The number of cumulative cases stands at 14,35,778, while 14.1 lakh patients have recovered so far, it added.
The number of active cases dropped to 573 on Friday from Thursday’s 585. The number of people under home isolation decreased to 167 from 176 on Thursday, while the number of containment zones stands at 388, said the bulletin.
