Delhi on Monday recorded 37 fresh Covid-19 cases with a positivity rate of 3.89 per cent and two Covid-linked deaths, according to data shared by the city government's Health department. With this, Delhi's case tally climbed to 20,40,152 and the death toll rose to 26,646, it said.
The fresh cases emerged from 950 tests conducted the previous day, the bulletin stated. The number of active cases stands at 709, of which 588 patients are in home isolation, according to the bulletin. Delhi logged 119 Covid-19 cases with a positivity rate of 5.5 per cent and three Covid-linked deaths on Sunday.
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It saw 113 cases with a positivity rate of 8.21 per cent and three Covid-linked deaths on Saturday. On Friday, the city reported 142 cases with a positivity rate of 5.43 per cent and one Covid-linked death. It added 199 cases with a positivity rate of 7.07 per cent and three Covid-linked deaths on Thursday.
The national capital recorded 272 cases with a positivity rate of 8.39 per cent and one death on Wednesday. It logged 289 cases on Tuesday with the positivity rate at 9.74 per cent and one death. Only 97 of the 7,976 Covid-19 beds at hospitals in the national capital are occupied, according to Monday's bulletin.
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The number of cases in Delhi had dropped to zero on January 16 for the first time since the outbreak of the pandemic. However, the city has witnessed a spurt in fresh cases over the past month. On April 11, mock drills were conducted in Delhi hospitals to ascertain their preparedness to deal with any eventuality.
