The national capital recorded 7,340 Covid-19 cases in one day, bringing the infection count to more than 4.82 lakh on Saturday, while 96 new deaths during the same period brought the death toll in the city to 7,519, they said. The authorities.
These new cases were detected in 49,645 tests, including 19,635 RT-PCR, carried out the day before. The positivity rate in the city was 14.78 percent amid the festivities and increased pollution, according to a bulletin issued by the Delhi health department.
The highest peak in a single day of 8,593 cases was recorded on Wednesday and 85 deaths were recorded that day. On November 12, the death toll was 104, the highest in more than five months.
On Saturday, 96 more deaths were recorded, bringing the death toll in the national capital to 7,519, the bulletin said.
The active case count in the national capital on Saturday rose to 44,456 from 44,329 the day before.
According to the bulletin, the total number of cases amounts to 4,82,170.
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