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Delhi records first Covid death in October

NEW DELHI: The capital on Saturday recorded one Covid death and 33 fresh cases. The positivity rate stood at 0.05%.

As many as five Covid fatalities were reported last month, one each on September 7, 16 and 17, and two on September 28, stated the official figures.

This is the first fatality recorded in October this year in Delhi. The death toll in the national capital now stands at 25,088. The number of cumulative cases on Saturday stood at 14,38,933 and over 14.13 lakh patients have recovered from the infection.

A total of 68,362 tests, including 47,870 RT-PCR and 20,492 rapid antigen tests, were conducted a day ago, the bulletin said. On Friday, 32 cases were recorded with a positivity rate of 0.05% .

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