NEW DELHI: The capital recorded 81 fresh Covid-19 cases and three deaths due to the disease on Friday. The positivity rate slightly dropped to 0.11% from 0.12% on Thursday when 93 cases and three deaths were recorded. Friday’s fatalities have pushed the death toll in the city to 25,011.
The number of cumulative cases in Delhi, meanwhile, stood at 14,34,954. Over 14 lakh patients have recovered from the virus and the number of active cases decreased to 798 on Friday from 847 a day before, as per the health bulletin. The number of people under home isolation also decreased to 257 from 260 on Thursday, while the number of containment zones dropped to 604 from 628 a day before, the bulletin stated.
The infection rate, which had touched 36% in the last week of April, has come down to below 0.15% now. Since April 19, both daily cases and single-day deaths count had been spiralling up, with over 28,000 cases and 277 deaths recorded on April 20; rising to 306 fatalities on April 22. However, the number of cases has shown a downward trend and the positivity rate too has been shrinking in the last several days. The number of deaths per day has also been showing a decline in the last few days.
