The National Capital reported 3,816 coronavirus cases on Tuesday, taking the total number of people infected with life- threatening virus to 253075 till now.
The COVID-19 toll in Delhi crossed the 5,000 mark on Monday with 37 more fatalities reported on Tuesday.
According to health bulletin there are 31,623 active cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and 2.16 lakh people have recovered so far.
“The number of containment zones in Delhi jumped to 1,937 on Monday from 1,889 a day ago. The positivity rate stands at 6.47 per cent, the recovery rate is over 85 per cent and the case fatality rate is 2 per cent, according to the health bulletin. The relatively low count of fresh cases came out of 59,013 tests. The tests per million is over 1.38L, while the total number of tests stood at over 25.30 lakh.
Delhi Health Minister took a review meet with medical directors and superintendents of all the hospital to review the status of testing, it said.
Since August 18, cases again have been coming in four digits. According to the bulletin, out of the 15,804 beds in COVID hospitals, 8,753 are vacant., while 1,906 beds in COVID care centres are occupied. The number of people in home isolation is 18,464.
According to the Indian Council of Medical Research, suspected individuals who test negative for COVID-19 in rapid-antigen tests should undergo RT-PCR to rule out the infection.
Rapid-antigen testing requires a prescription and an ICMR form filled by a registered doctor, and a government identity proof, same as that for RT-PCR test.