City records 923 Covid cases, highest since May 30

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Delhi registered a massive spike in daily Covid -19 cases with 923 fresh cases on Wednesday, highest since May 30 while the positivity rate also rose to 1.29 percent from 0.89 percent on Tuesday.

According to Covid -19 bulletin of the Delhi Government, 344 people also recovered in the past 24 hour.

Total 64,233 tests were conducted in the past 24 hours, out of which 7,463 were Rapid antigen tests, the health official said. Cumulative cases in Delhi now 14,45,102 while the positivity rate 4.44 percent reported.  Total 14,17,804 patients recovered, total deaths 25,107 and the case fatality rate 1.74. Delhi has 2,191 active cases.  Of these, 1,068 patients are in home isolation.

On May 30, Delhi had recorded 946 Covid-19 cases and 78 deaths with a positivity rate of 1.25 per cent. Delhi has 502 containment zones so far.

On Tuesday, the city saw 496 Covid-19 cases and one fatality due to the disease. A total of 71,696 Covid-19 tests were conducted the previous day, the bulletin said.

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