Delhi on Saturday recorded 56 fresh cases of Covid-19 while the positivity rate rose to 0.10 per cent, according to data shared by the city health department of the Delhi Government.The death toll due to the coronavirus infection in Delhi rose to 25,093.
The national Capital has last reported two Covid-19 death on Friday. Four Covid-19 deaths reported in October and five in September.
As per the bulletin, the number of cumulative cases stood at 14,40,388. Over 14.14 lakh patients have recovered from the infection. A total of 58 483 tests -45,772 RT-PCR and 12,711 rapid antigen - were conducted a day ago, according to the latest health bulletin. On Thursday, 40 cases were logged with a positivity rate of 0.08 per cent. On Wednesday, 54 cases were recorded with a positivity rate of 0.09 per cent; and 33 cases were recorded with a positivity rate of 0.06 per cent on Tuesday.
On April 20, Delhi had reported 28,395 cases, the highest in the city since the beginning of the pandemic last year. On April 22, the case positivity rate was 36.2 per cent, the highest so far.
The Delhi Government has taken steps to increase the number of hospital beds to accommodate up to 37,000 patients a day and to become self-reliant in terms of oxygen supply.