NEW DELHI: Delhi recorded 1,091 new Covid-19 cases on Sunday, the lowest level in around four months, as the total number of those cases rose to 6,17,005 in the national capital, authorities said. Twenty-six more deaths brought the death toll from the disease to 10,277 in the city. The positivity rate stood at 1.31 percent.
This is the sixth day in a row that the positivity rate has stayed below two percent. It stood at 1.3 percent on Saturday, 1.6 percent on Friday and 1.51 percent on Thursday.
The new cases emerged from 83,289 tests performed the day before, including 46,001 RT-PCR tests and 37,288 rapid antigen tests, according to the latest bulletin issued by the Delhi health department.
As of August 24, the city had registered 1,061 new cases. On December 15 and 16, the positivity rate was 1.9% and 1.96% respectively.
The positivity rate from December 3 to 7 fell successively to 4.96 percent, 4.78 percent, 4.2 percent, 3.68 percent, and 3.15 percent.
However, on December 8 it had risen again to 4.23%, before falling to 3.42% on December 9 and 2.46% on December 10.
It had risen to 3.33 percent on December 11 and fell again to 2.64 percent on December 12. It rose marginally to 2.74 on December 13 and fell again to 2.15 percent on December 14.
The active case count in the national capital dropped to 10,148 on Sunday from 10,358 the day before.
This is the sixth day in a row that the positivity rate has stayed below two percent. It stood at 1.3 percent on Saturday, 1.6 percent on Friday and 1.51 percent on Thursday.
The new cases emerged from 83,289 tests performed the day before, including 46,001 RT-PCR tests and 37,288 rapid antigen tests, according to the latest bulletin issued by the Delhi health department.
As of August 24, the city had registered 1,061 new cases. On December 15 and 16, the positivity rate was 1.9% and 1.96% respectively.
The positivity rate from December 3 to 7 fell successively to 4.96 percent, 4.78 percent, 4.2 percent, 3.68 percent, and 3.15 percent.
However, on December 8 it had risen again to 4.23%, before falling to 3.42% on December 9 and 2.46% on December 10.
It had risen to 3.33 percent on December 11 and fell again to 2.64 percent on December 12. It rose marginally to 2.74 on December 13 and fell again to 2.15 percent on December 14.
The active case count in the national capital dropped to 10,148 on Sunday from 10,358 the day before.
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