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The death count has climbed to 5,28,754!
New Delhi: On Friday, 07 October 2022, India reported 1,997 new coronavirus infections and nine more related deaths. The cumulative tally now stands at 4,46,06,460 while the death count has climbed to 5,28,754, showed Union health ministry data today morning.
Active cases have further declined to 30,362. The nine deaths reported today include three that were reconciled by Kerala.
On Thursday, Delhi reported 57 new Covid cases with a positivity rate of 2.19 per cent, according to the data issued by the city health department. No Covid-related fatality was reported, the department said in its latest bulletin.
With the new Covid-19 cases, Delhi's COVID-19 tally has climbed to 20,03,803 while the death toll remains unchanged at 26,503, it said. The new cases were detected from 2,606 tests conducted the previous day, the Health Ministry said.
On Wednesday, The National Capital saw 96 Covid cases with a positivity rate of 1.42 per cent. The capital logged 74 Covid cases with a positivity rate of 1.07 per cent on Tuesday.
On Monday, it reported one Covid-related fatality and 39 new cases with a positivity rate of 1.56 per cent. The city on Sunday logged 76 cases with a positivity rate of 1.12 per cent.
On Saturday, it saw 92 COVID-19 cases with a positivity rate of 1.20 per cent, while it recorded 87 infections with a positivity rate of 1.19 per cent, and one fatality due to it on Friday.
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