The Covid-19 positivity rate in Delhi has declined to 10. 58 per cent after rising to nearly 37 per cent, and the average number of cases has also dropped by almost 1,000 over the previous week, indicating a welcome trend, though experts have cautioned the people against lowering their guard.
The national capital's recovery rate too has risen significantly crossing 70 per cent, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said. The national recovery rate is 60.81 per cent.
"Due to the efforts of Delhi's 2 crore people, the hard work has paid off. Congratulations to all corona warriors for taking the recovery rate of Delhi to over 70 per cent. We all need to work hard to defeat corona," Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal tweeted.
Sisodia also took to Twitter to inform that out of 97,200 patients, 68,256 have been cured. He said that positivity rate, which is the percentage of people who have been found positive out of the total tested for the coronavirus, has dropped to 10.58 per cent. It had risen to 36.94 per cent earlier.
For the seventh consecutive day, Delhi has recorded fresh cases in the range of 2,000.
On June 23, the national capital had reported the highest single-day spike of 3,947 cases. The city continued to see over 3,000 fresh cases per day till June 26, when it reported 3,460 infections.
From June 27 to July 4, the average fresh cases per day stands at about 2,495 compared to 3,446 cases per day the week before.
If the trend continues, experts have claimed that the city may go past the COVID-19 peak in early August.
However, they have warned that if social distancing and hygiene norms prescribed by authorities are not adhered to by the people, there could be a surge again.