The National Capital witnessed one fold rise in the positivity rate with it touching to 3.17 per cent on Thursday. A total of 19,619 COVID-19 tests were conducted in the national capital the previous day while city logged 622 fresh coronavirus cases and two more deaths.
With this, Delhi's COVID-19 tally increased to 19,10,613 while the death toll rose to 26,216.
On May 13, the city reported 899 new coronavirus cases and four related deaths on May 13, while the positivity rate had stood at 3.34 per cent, according to official figures.
On May 15, Delhi had logged 613 Covid cases with a positivity rate of 2.74 per cent and three deaths.
However, the Delhi on Wednesday had logged 564 COVID-19 cases, the highest since May 15, and one more fatality, while the positivity rate was 2.84 per cent.
On Tuesday, the capital logged 450 fresh Covid cases and one more death, while the positivity rate was 1.92 per cent.
The number of daily COVID-19 cases in Delhi had touched the record high of 28,867 on January 13 this year during the third wave of the pandemic.
The city had recorded a positivity rate of 30.6 per cent on January 14, the highest during the third wave of the pandemic.
According to the bulletin issued by health department, the number of active COVID-19 cases in Delhi increased to 1,774 from 1,691 on Wednesday
As many as 1,072 patients are under home isolation, up from 1,048 the previous day, it said, adding that there are 236 containment zones in the national capital.
There are 9,630 beds for COVID-19 patients in Delhi hospitals and of those 85 are occupied, the bulletin said.