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The active cases comprise 0.15 per cent of the total infections
On Tuesday, 30 August 2022, India added 5,439 new coronavirus infections taking the total Covid-19 cases to 4,44,21,162, while the active cases declined to 65,732, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated.
The active cases comprise 0.15 per cent of the total infections, while the national Covid-19 recovery rate has increased to 98.66 per cent, the ministry said.
On Monday, Delhi reported 214 fresh coronavirus infections with a positivity rate of 3.77 per cent, while four more people succumbed to the viral disease, according to data shared by the city health department.
The new cases came out of 5,683 tests conducted the previous day, the department said in its latest bulletin.
With the fresh cases, Delhi's infection tally increased to 19,98,858 and the death toll reached to 26,462, it said.
The city on Sunday logged 397 COVID-19 cases with a positivity rate of 3.05 per cent and five fatalities.
The health department did not issue the daily bulletin on Saturday.
On Friday, Delhi recorded 620 COVID-19 cases with a positivity rate of 3.74 per cent and two fatalities.
It logged 702 cases on Thursday with a positivity rate of 4.49 per cent and four fatalities.
On Wednesday, the city recorded 945 cases with a positivity rate of 5.55 per cent.
The active COVID-19 cases in Delhi stood at 2,259. As many as 1,806 patients are in home isolation, the latest bulletin said.
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