Delhi on Thursday reported 1,934 new Covid-19 cases, pushing the positivity rate to 8.10 per cent. This is more than double than the figures registered a day ago at 928 with a positivity rate of 7.08 per cent. This is for the first time the city has reached near two thousand ‘mark’ in covid cases in last three months.
The single-day figures were over 108 per cent higher than the previous day's figures. On February 4, the capital had logged 2,272 cases and 20 deaths with a positivity rate of 3.85 per cent.
The national capital, however, did not see any fresh death with the toll currently standing at 26,242. Three lives were lost to the virus a day ago. Delhi's active case count not stood at 5,755, while the overall infection tally rose to 19,27,394.
According to the state health bulletin, there are now 309 containment zones in Delhi and the 332 calls have been received on covid helpline number in last 24 hours.
On Tuesday, the city reported 1,383 fresh coronavirus cases with one death. However, the positivity rate dipped to 7.22 per cent, three per cent down as compared to Monday’s 10.09 per cent. With the new COVID 19 cases, the total tally of active cases in Delhi climbed up to 5,595.
The capital on Monday reported 1060 fresh coronavirus cases with six deaths, while the positivity rate stood at 10.09 per cent.
Delhi on Sunday reported 1530 fresh coronavirus cases with three deaths, while the positivity rate stood at 8.41 per cent, according to the data released by the city health department.
Delhi on Saturday reported 1,534 fresh coronavirus cases and three more deaths, while the positivity rate stood at 7.71 per cent. On Friday, the national capital had logged 1,797 coronavirus cases, the highest in nearly four months, along with one fatality while the positivity rate had stood at 8.18 per cent.
This is the fourth consecutive day that Delhi has recorded over 1,300 cases in a day. The capital has logged more than 1,000 daily cases for the fifth day on the trot. Friday's figures were the highest since February 4, when the national capital logged 2,272 cases and 20 deaths while the positivity rate had stood at 3.85 per cent.
Also, the positivity rate on Friday was the highest since January 29, when 4,044 cases were recorded with a positivity rate of 8.60 per cent, while the city had registered 25 deaths.
The national capital recorded 1,323 new Covid cases and two deaths on Thursday, while the positivity rate stood at 6.69 per cent.
The fresh cases pushed Delhi's coronavirus tally to 19,20,559 while the death toll rose to 26,229, the department said in its latest bulletin. Delhi had reported 1,422 fresh COVID-19 cases and zero fatality on May 8, while the positivity rate was recorded at 5.34 per cent.
The city on May 1 had reported 1,485 fresh COVID-19 cases and zero fatality due to the viral disease, while the positivity rate was recorded at 4.89 per cent, according to official data.
Despite the rise in the positivity rate, the city government is not implementing graded response action plan (GRAP) devised by the Delhi Disaster Management Authority since hospital admissions are low.