The national Capital on Tuesday recorded 4,006 fresh Covid-19 cases while 86 new fatalities pushed the toll from the disease to 9,260.
According to the latest bulletin issued by the Delhi Health Department, a total of 58,456 Covid-19 tests conducted the previous day, including 30,297 RT-PCR tests, while the positivity rate stood at 6.85 per cent,
As per the bulletin, the active Covid-19 case count stood at 31,769 in Delhi on Tuesday, it said. The bulletin said the total number of novel coronavirus cases has climbed to 5,74,380 in the national Capital.
The number of Covid-19 containment zones in Delhi rose to 5669. The bulletin said of the total number of 18,688 beds in Covid-19 hospitals, 10,911 are vacant.
The Delhi Government on Monday capped the price of RT-PCR test at Rs 800 from the existing rate of Rs 2,400 in the private hospitals.
According to an order issued by the health department, private laboratories have been asked to charge Rs 800 for testing “samples collected by government teams and collected from collection sites by private sector labs as requisitioned by districts and hospitals”.