1,607 New COVID-19 Cases In Delhi In 24 Hours

National capital's overall Covid tally has increased to 18,81,555

New Delhi: On Saturday, 30 April 2022, Delhi logged 1,607 fresh COVID-19 cases with two people succumbing to the virus in the last 24 hours, while the positivity rate stood at 5.28 per cent, the city health department said.

These figures refer to Friday's health bulletin which was issued by authorities this morning.

With these new cases, the national capital's overall Covid tally has increased to 18, 81,555 while the number of deaths has risen to 26,174.

On Thursday, Delhi had recorded 1,490 COVID-19 cases with a positivity rate of 4.62 per cent, and two deaths.

A total of 30,459 tests were conducted on Thursday, according to the Friday's health bulletin.

The number of daily COVID-19 cases in Delhi had touched the record high of 28,867 on January 13 this year during the third wave of the pandemic.

The city had recorded a positivity rate of 30.6 per cent on January 14, the highest during the third wave of the pandemic which was largely due to the highly transmissible Omicron variant of the coronavirus.

The number of patients under home isolation was 3,863 on Friday, the bulletin said.

There are 9,581 beds for COVID-19 patients in Delhi hospitals and 148 which is 1.54 per cent of them are occupied, it said.

On Thursday, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain said that though COVID-19 cases have increased in the capital, the situation is not that serious as people are not developing severe disease and hospitalisation rate is low.

He attributed the low hospitalisation rate to vaccinations and naturally acquired immunity.

The health bulletin also said that 1,070 patients have recovered from the disease in the last 24 hours.

Currently there are 148 containment zones in the city, it said.

The city health department said that from April 21, Delhi has started providing free precautionary doses of Covid vaccines to beneficiaries in the 18-59 age group at government vaccination centers.