Delhi recorded 3,594 fresh Covid-19 cases on Friday, the highest daily count this year while 14 more people died due to the infection, taking the death toll to 11,050, according to the Delhi Health department.
The positivity rate also had mounted to 4.11 per cent amid a massive surge in cases in the span of the last few weeks.
The number of cumulative cases on Friday stood at 668814. Over 6.45 lakh patients have recovered from the virus.
Delhi on March 19 had recorded 716 fresh COVID-19 cases, the highest in over two-and-a-half months, while the positivity rose had jumped to 0.93 per cent. Four fatalities were reported on that day pushing the death toll to 10,953, as per official data.
The next day, Delhi had reported over 800 COVID-19 cases, for the first time this year, and the positivity rate had breached the one per cent-mark after over two months.
The figures have been steadily rising since then, crossing two per cent-mark in between and then breaching the four per cent-mark.
The active cases reached to 11994, according to the health bulletin issued by the health department of the Delhi Government.
A total of 87505 tests, including 54898 RT-PCR tests, were conducted a day ago, the bulletin said.