Amid a countrywide surge in coronavirus cases, the national Capital on Saturday reported 419 fresh cases while the daily positivity rate stayed at 0.56 per cent. With this, the total number of people infected with Covid-19 in Delhi has reached to 6,43,289.
Three fresh deaths also reported, taking the death toll to 10,939, according to the health bulletin issued by the Delhi Government.
These 431 new cases came out of the 74,326, tests conducted the previous day, including 47,120 RT-PCR tests and 27,206 rapid antigen tests. According to the bulletin, out of the total number of 5,711 beds in Covid hospitals, 5,129 are vacant.
As per the bulletin, the number of people under home isolation climbed to 1,204, it said, adding that over 6,30,143 lakh people have recovered from the infection till date. The highest single-day spikes 8,593 cases till date was reported on November 11.
The number of containment zones in Delhi has shown intermittent rise and fall in the last several days, with the figure standing at 518 on Friday, it said, adding that four beds in Covid care centres are occupied by persons under quarantine, including travellers who have returned by the Vande Bharat Mission and bubble flights.
The city recorded over 400 cases for the third consecutive days on Saturday. The count on Thursday was 431.
Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain had on Friday said the city recording over 400 new Covid-19 cases per day was “not alarming” and asserted that the positivity rate was still below one per cent.