NEW DELHI: There were 19 new Covid-19 patients on Saturday, the lowest since April 15 last year, while the positivity rate reduced to 0.03%. No death due to the infection was recorded in the last 24 hours, health department officials said.
On Friday also, the capital did not record any deaths due to Covid-19 while 57 fresh cases were reported with a positivity rate of 0.08%. “This is a very positive sign. But we have to continue following preventive measures strictly to ensure there is no resurgence in number of cases,” said an official.
Delhi reeled under a brutal second wave of the pandemic that swept the country, claiming a massive number of lives daily, and the oxygen supply shortage issue at various hospitals added to the woes.
Since April 19, both daily cases and single-day deaths count had been spiralling, with over 28,000 cases and 277 deaths recorded on April 20; rising to 306 fatalities on April 22. On May 3, the city registered a record 448 deaths, according to official data.
However, from June, the city has been witnessing a declining trend in both cases and deaths caused by virus. Twenty-five fresh cases of Covid-19, the lowest since April 15 last year until Saturday, and two deaths were recorded on Thursday, while the positivity rate had stood at 0.04%.
On Wednesday, the city registered 36 cases and four fatalities, while the positivity rate had stood at 0.05%. On Tuesday, the city recorded 38 cases and four deaths, while the positivity rate stood at 0.07%. The infection rate, which had reached 36% in the last week of April, has now come down to 0.08%.
