City logs 51 corona cases in 24 hours

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Delhi reported 51 coronavirus cases on Saturday while the positivity rate of 0.08 per cent, according to data shared by the health department.

As per the health bulletin, A total of 64 826 tests -- 55,421 RT-PCR and 9,405 rapid antigen -- were conducted a day ago, according to the latest health bulletin.

The number of cumulative cases of the disease rose to 14,41,295. Over 14.15 lakh patients have recovered so far. The death toll due to the coronavirus infection in Delhi stood at 25,098.

In November, seven Covid-19 deaths were reported in the national capital, the highest number of fatalities due to the coronavirus infection in the last three months in the national capital, according to official data. Delhi had recorded four Covid deaths in October and five in September.

Concerned over the threat posed by the new omicron variant of coronavirus, Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Tuesday that his Government has prepared 30,000 oxygen beds and ramped up oxygen supply and storage facilities.

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