The national Capital reported 370 fresh cases of Covid-19, the highest daily count in last two months on Wednesday while the daily positivity rate stayed at 0.52 per cent. With this, the total number of people infected with life-threatening Covid-19 has reached 6,32,030 and the death toll rose to 10,931 with three new fatalities reported on Wednesday, according to the health bulletin issued by the Delhi Government.
These 370 new cases came out of the 71,153 tests conducted the previous day, including 45,322 RT-PCR tests and 25,831 rapid antigen tests. According to the bulletin issued by the Delhi health department, out of the total number of 5,709 beds in Covid hospitals, 5,165 are vacant.
The highest single-day spikes 8,593 cases till date was reported on November 11. Besides fall in active cases, the count of home isolation cases have also rose to 982-mark, as per the bulletin.
The number of containment zones in Delhi has shown intermittent rise and fall in the last several days, with the figure standing at 576 on Wednesday, it said.
According to the bulletin, 6,29,199 patients have recovered, been discharged or migrated so far. It said that nine beds in Covid care centres are occupied by persons under quarantine, including travellers who have returned by the Vande Bharat Mission and bubble flights.
On Sunday and Monday, 286 and 239 cases, respectively, were recorded in the national capital. The city had registered 321 coronavirus cases and a death last Saturday, and 312 cases and a fatality on Friday.
A total of 585 cases were reported on January 1 and 384 on January 4. The daily count had dropped to 306 on January 11 and risen again to 386 on January 12, according to official figures.
The numbers had started to come down in February, and on February 26, 256 cases were recorded, the highest daily count in that month.
Additional Chief Secretary (Services) who is nodal officer (Covid) chaired a meeting through video conferencing to review the progress in Covid-19 vaccination.