The national Capital recorded 239 new coronavirus cases and three deaths on Monday. According to the health bulletin issued by the Health Department, the new cases came from 47,689 tests, including 35,968 RT-PCR tests and 11,721 rapid antigen tests, conducted the previous day.
The positivity rate rose to 0.50%. The number of active cases stood at 1,803 on Sunday, report said. Three new deaths took the toll to 10,924, according to the data. The positivity rate rose to 0.50 per cent from 0.31 per cent a day before.
On Sunday, 286 new cases and two deaths were recorded. The city had registered 321 new coronavirus cases, the highest daily count in nearly one-and-a-half months, and a death on Saturday, and 312 cases and a fatality on Friday.
The number of people under home isolation on Monday rose to 947 from 937 on Saturday, the bulletin said, adding that over 6.28 lakh people had recovered till date. As per the bulletin, 11 beds in COVID care centres are occupied by persons under quarantine, including travellers who have returned by the Vande Bharat Mission and bubble flights.