At least 231 fresh cases of Covid-19 were reported in the national capital on Tuesday while the daily positivity rate stayed at 0.32 per cent.
According to the health bulletin issued by the Delhi Government, the total number of people infected with life-threatening COVID-19 has reached 632821. With this, the death toll rose to 10764 with 10 new fatalities reported on Tuesday.
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 1027-mark, indicating improvement in the COVID-19 situation, as per the bulletin.
These 231 new cases came out of the 72441 tests conducted the previous day, including 37770 RT-PCR tests and 34671 rapid antigen tests. According to the Tuesday bulletin issued by the Delhi health department, out of the total number of 9244 beds in COVID hospitals, 8253 are vacant.
It said that 273 beds in COVID care centres are occupied by persons under quarantine, including travellers who have returned by the Vande Bharat Mission and bubble flights.
The bulletin said that 619723 patients have recovered, been discharged or migrated so far.