The national Capital has reported no fresh Covid-19 death on Tuesday after a gap of over 10 months.
However, 100 fresh cases were registered on Tuesday while the daily positivity rate stayed at 0.18 per cent.
Delhi Health Minister, Satyendar Jain, asserted that 'Delhi's collective will is gradually winning over the infection'.
“Today no death has been reported due to COVID infection. Delhi's collective will is gradually winning over the infection. I congratulate the people of Delhi for taking proper precautions and our healthcare and frontline workers who have fought this battle tooth and nail,” Jain tweeted.
These 100 new cases came out of the 56,410 tests conducted the previous day. The positivity rate stood at 0.18 per cent, according to a bulletin issued by the Delhi health department.
The infection tally in the city rose to 6,36,260, authorities said. The active cases tally on Tuesday dropped to 1,052 from 1,096 the previous day, according to the bulletin.
The total number of tests conducted the previous day, included 31,300 RT-PCR tests and 25,110 rapid antigen tests, it said.
According to the bulletin issued by the Delhi health department, out of the total number of 6,050 beds in COVID hospitals, 5554 are vacant. On Friday and Sunday, two deaths were reported in the national capital, same as on February 2, which was the lowest in the last 10 months.
The number of cases with not even a single fatality count now indicate a marked improvement in the situation since the third wave of the pandemic had hit the city in November.
The highest single-day spike 8,593 cases till date was reported on November 11.
Besides fall in active cases, the count of home isolation cases have also registered a sustained fall, dropping to below 441 -mark, indicating improvement in the COVID-19 situation, as per the bulletin.
The health bulletin further stated that 135 beds in COVID care centres are occupied by persons under quarantine, including travellers who have returned by the Vande Bharat Mission and bubble flights.