At least 157 fresh cases of Covid-19 reported in Delhi on Tuesday while the daily positivity rate stayed at 0.24 per cent.
The total number of people infected with life-threatening Covid-19 has reached 6,34,229. With this, the death toll rose to 10,820 with seven new fatalities reported on Tuesday, according to the health bulletin issued by the Delhi Government.
The number of cases and the single-day 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. The situation in Delhi has improved in the last several days, with a low number of cases and reduction in death count.
Besides fall in active cases, the count of home isolation cases have also
registered a sustained fall, dropping to below 703 -mark, indicating improvement in the Covid-19 situation, as per the bulletin.
These 157 new cases came out of the 64973 tests conducted the previous day, including 36236 RT-PCR tests and 28737 rapid antigen tests. According to the bulletin issued by the Delhi health department, out of the total number of 8949 beds in Covid hospitals, 8203 are vacant.
It said that 102 beds in Covid care centres are occupied by persons under quarantine, including travellers who have returned by the Vande Bharat Mission and bubble flights.