A total number of deaths stood at 5,30,511!
New Delhi: On Wednesday, India reported 811 new Covid cases, taking the total number of coronavirus infections to 4,46,62,952.
The country also recorded 2 Covid related fatalities in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of deaths to 5,30,511.
India's active cases dipped to 13,559 on Wednesday, according to the Union health ministry.
On Monday, Delhi recorded 53 fresh Covid cases with an increased positivity rate of 3.26 per cent and one death due to the disease, according to data shared by the health department.
With these new cases, the capital's infection tally reached 20,05,676 while the death toll stood at 26,508, the department said in its latest bulletin.
On Sunday, the new cases were detected from 1,625 tests conducted, it said.
The Delhi government had on Thursday issued an order withdrawing the Rs 500 fine for not wearing masks in public places in the national capital.
Experts said that people, especially those in the vulnerable category like pregnant women and the elderly, should continue to wear masks in crowded areas.
Doctors at leading government and private hospitals in the city concurred that people should exercise "extra caution" because though cases in Delhi are on the lower side, a new variant of the coronavirus is being reported which is very transmissible.
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