The national Capital saw a single day rise of 5,481 fresh Covid-19 infections on Tuesday, taking the total tally of Covid-19 cases to 14, 63,701 while the active cases registered an increase for the fifth consecutive day reaching at 14,889 on Tuesday.
With three fresh fatalities, the total death toll climbed to 25,113, according to a health bulletin issued by the Delhi government on Tuesday.
The positivity rate recorded at 8.37 per cent. As per the health bulletin, a total of 65,487 tests -- 50,461 RT-PCR and 15,026 rapid antigen -- were conducted a day ago.
According to the health bulletin, only 531 of the 9,042 beds in Delhi hospitals are occupied.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday had said though the capital is witnessing a sharp spike in the number of daily cases and active cases of coronavirus, there is no need to panic as most patients are asymptomatic or have very mild symptoms and do not need hospitalisation.
Witnessing spike in cases, the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) on Tuesday decided to impose weekend curfew in the national capital in view of the surge in Covid cases driven by the fast-spreading Omicron variant, sources said.
According to the DDMA-approved Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP), a positivity rate of more than five per cent for two consecutive days is one of the criteria to declare a 'red alert' which would mean a 'total curfew' and halting of most economic activities in the Capital.