The national Capital reported 1,091 fresh cases on Monday and the daily positivity rate reached to 1.29 per cent.

The COVID-19 situation in the national capital has improved in the last several days. According to the latest health bulletin the death toll rose to 10,304 with 27 new fatalities.

The number of cases and the single-day fatality count now indicate a marked improvement in the situation since the third wave of the pandemic had hit the city in November.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said that the national capital has now overcome the third wave of Covid-19 infections. The highest number of daily coronavirus tests is being conducted in the country, which is even more than the US, Kejriwal said, adding that when New York reached its peak the patients were lying on the streets and corridors of hospitals, almost 7000 beds were lying vacant when the highest number of corona cases was reported in a day in Delhi.

The highest single-day spike 8,593 cases till date was reported on November 11.

On November 18, 7,486 COVID-19 cases were recorded with 133 new fatalities, the highest single-day death count till date. However, on December 13 only 33 fatalities were recorded, the lowest since September 21, when it stood at 32.

Soon after the third wave of the pandemic hit the national capital, daily cases had surged and containment zones count also kept mounting.

The positivity rate which had stood at 8.23 per cent on October 26 had spiralled to 15.26 per cent on November 8. However, since first week of November, the positivity rate has gradually fallen and the figure stood at 1.31 per cent on December 20, according to official data.

The number of containment zones in Delhi has shown intermittent rise and fall in the last several days, with the figure standing at 5,843 on Monday.