Delhi recorded 17364 new Covid-19 cases and 332 deaths on Saturday. The positivity rate, however further dropped to 23.34 per cent.
A total of 74384 tests, including 62,921 RT-PCR tests and 11,463 rapid antigen tests, were conducted the previous day, according to the bulletin issued by the Delhi health department on Saturday.
The national capital has so far recorded 1310231 cases, of which over 1203253 have recovered. The death toll due to the viral disease stands at 19071, the bulletin stated.
The case positivity rate (23.34 per cent) is lowest since April 16, when it was 19.7 per cent. It is also significant that Delhi’s Covid positivity rate has fallen each day during these nine days.
On 27th April, the positivity rate of Delhi was 32.7 per cent on 28th April, it was 31.8, on 29th April, it was 32.8 and on 30th April, the Covid positivity rate was 32.7 per cent, it said.
At the beginning of this month, 31.6 positivity rate was recorded on day one, which came down to 28.3 on 2nd May, followed by a positivity rate of 29.6 on 3rd May. On May 4th, the positivity rate stood at 26.7, on the fifth, this was 26.4, on 6th it was 24.29 and on 7th it was 24.92 per cent.
“This is the fourth time in the last four days that the number of new cases remained below 20,000. During these days, the Delhi Government has not only ramped up testing but also worked relentlessly in increasing the number of beds across Delhi. The government is also giving an aggressive push to the vaccination drive, which will further help bring down the positivity rate in the coming days”, a senior official added.