As many as 79 Covid-19 cases and four fatalities were reported in the national Capital on Tuesday while the positivity rate stood at 0.11 per cent.
According to a health bulletin issued on Tuesday at least 69,866 tests, including 46,110 RTPCR/CBNAAT/TrueNat tests, were conducted in the last 24 hours.
Delhi on Monday had recorded 54 fresh Covid-19 cases, the lowest since April 15 last year, and two more deaths while the positivity rate dropped to 0.09 per cent.
As per the bulletin, out of 14,548 available beds in hospitals, 476 are occupied as on Tuesday while the rest are vacant. Nearly 80,841 people were vaccinated in the last 24 hours, including 29,113 who received the second dose.
As many as 154 patients recovered in the last 24 hours, it said. Delhi has recorded a total of 14,34,687 coronavirus cases since the pandemic began last year. So far, over 14.08 lakh patients have recovered, the health department bulletin said.“There were 833 active Covid-19 cases in Delhi on Tuesday. On Monday, the number of active cases stood at 912. Tuesday's figure of active cases was the lowest since April 9 last year when the number was 720. There are 269 people under home isolation, down from 300 the previous day. The number of containment zones stood at 652, a decline from 701 the previous day,” it said.
On Sunday, Delhi had recorded 94 cases of Covid-19 at a positivity rate of 0.13 per cent and seven deaths. It was also the first time the number of active cases in the city dropped below 1,000 since April last year.