4,272 New Cases In India In 24 Hours

The active cases has declined to 40,750!


New Delhi: On Thursday, India Reported 4,272 new coronavirus cases, pushing the total number of cases in the country to 4,45,83,360, showed the latest data by the Union health ministry.

The death count has reached 5,28,611 with the addition of 27 more fatalities. The active cases have further declined to 40,750, according to the government Health data.

On Thursday, Delhi recorded 75 fresh Covid cases with a positivity rate of 0.87 per cent, according to data issued by the health department.

No Covid-related fatality was reported, the department stated in its latest bulletin.

With the fresh cases, Delhi's Covid-19 tally has reached 20,03,282. The death toll stood at 26,501, it said. The new cases were detected from 8,624 tests conducted on the previous day.

Delhi reported 88 Covid cases with a positivity rate of 1.01 per cent on Wednesday. The city logged 73 Covid cases with a positivity rate of 0.90 per cent on Tuesday, while 33 infections were recorded with a positivity rate of 1.23 per cent on Monday.

The number of active COVID-19 cases in Delhi stands at 379. A total of 264 patients are under home isolation, the bulletin said. Of the 8,863 beds reserved for COVID-19 patients in various city hospitals, 56 are occupied, it said.

There are 45 containment zones in Delhi, it added. The number of daily COVID cases in Delhi touched a record of 28,867 on January 13 during the third wave of the pandemic. 

 

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