The national Capital reported125 fresh cases of Covid-19 on Wednesday with the positivity rate stood at 0.20 per cent, according to data issued by the health department of the Delhi Government.
The number of cumulative cases of the disease rose to 14,42,515. Over 14.16 lakh patients have recovered so far. The death toll due to the coronavirus infection in Delhi stood at 25,102, according to the latest health bulletin.
As per the health bulletin, a total of 63,313 tests -- 56,511 RT-PCR and 6802 rapid antigen -- were conducted a day ago.
Giving details of the new variant of the coronavirus, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Tuesday said that there are a total 54 Omicron cases in Delhi out of which 34 are hospitalized in LJNP and 17 have been discharged after recovery.
“There are a total of four Genome Sequencing Labs in Delhi which are capable of testing Omicron cases. Two labs are from the central Government and two are from the Delhi Government. Both the labs of Delhi Government have the capacity to do genome sequencing of more than 100 samples per day, he had said.
On June 27, Delhi had logged 259 coronavirus cases with four deaths, according to the government data.
The rise in daily cases comes amid the Omicron scare in Delhi as the total number of patients infected with the latest variant of the coronavirus jumped by 12 on
Friday to
reach 22.
Three deaths due to Covid-19 have been recorded in December so far in Delhi. Seven Coronavirus deaths were reported in November, four in October and five in September.