Delhi reported 425 fresh Covid-19 cases on Tuesday, while the positivity rate stayed at 0.61 per cent.
The number of active cases of the disease in the city rose to 2,488 on Tuesday from 2,321 on Monday. The total number of positive cases in the city has reached to 6,44,489 till now, according to health bulletin issued by the health department of the Government.
The total number of tests conducted on Sunday stood at 70,049, including 39,425 RT-PCR tests and 30,624 rapid antigen tests, the bulletin said.
On Sunday, the daily case tally had crossed the 400-mark for the fourth consecutive day. On Tuesday, the daily cases count rose again to 425, while the positivity rate increased slightly to 0.61 per cent. The death toll climbed to 10,945 with one more fatalities.
Delhi on Saturday had recorded 419 COVID-19 cases, with a positivity rate of 0.56 per cent, while 407 cases were reported on Sunday and the positivity rate was 0.60 per cent.
On Friday, 431 cases were recorded, the highest in over two months, and the count on Thursday was 409.
A total of 585 cases were reported on January 1 and 424 on January 3. 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. On February 26, the month's highest daily count of 256 cases was recorded.
The number of people under home isolation on Tuesday rose to 1,401 from 1,342 on Monday, it said, adding that over 6.31 lakh people have recovered from the infection till date.
Delhi health minister Satyendar Jain on Monday had that the positivity rate in the national capital was the lowest compared to states like Maharashtra, Gujarat, Kerala and Punjab.
"There was a time when the positivity rate in Delhi had crossed 15 per cent but according to WHO guidelines, the positivity rate should be less than five per cent and Delhi is continuously seeing less than three per cent for the past few months,” he said.