Delhi Reports 1,354 Fresh COVID-19 Cases, 1 Death

Rise in Daily Tally!

Covid-19 cases are not over yet, also the capital city is witnessing an increment in its daily Covid tally. 

As per the latest information, the cases in the capital city have peaked at 1,354 new cases and only one death with a positivity rate of 7.64 percent and one fatality due to the disease on Wednesday.

A total of 17,732 Covid tests were conducted in the city on Tuesday, it showed.

On Tuesday, the national capital had reported 1,414 COVID-19 cases with a positivity rate of 5.97 percent and one death due to the disease.

Delhi had on Monday reported 1,076 Covid cases with a positivity rate of 6.42 percent. On Sunday, it saw 1,485 cases of the disease as the positivity rate stood at 4.89 percent.

With the new cases reported on Wednesday, the national capital's overall COVID-19 infection tally rose to 18, 88,404, while the death toll climbed to 26,177.

The hospitalization rate has so far been low, accounting for less than three percent of the total number of active cases, the bulletin stated.

Currently, 180 COVID-19 patients are admitted to Delhi hospitals, while 4,319 are recuperating in home isolation, it said.

Of the 9,590 beds available for COVID-19 patients in various hospitals, only 186 (1.94 percent) are occupied, the data showed.

Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain had last week said COVID-19 cases have increased in the capital but the situation was not serious as people were not developing severe diseases and the hospitalization rate was low.