In a heave of development, fresh covid cases in Delhi remained below the 5,000 mark for the second consecutive day. The national capital reported 4,482 cases in the last 24-hour amid citywide lockdown. This was also the lowest since April 4, when 4,033 cases were reported.
The positivity rate which was reported above 20 per cent just a week ago have also come down below 7 per cent, to 6.89 per cent. Meanwhile, there were also 265 deaths which pushed the overall fatality toll to 22,111. The city has 50,863 active cases at present, the Delhi government’s health bulletin said. A total of 9,403 Covid patients have recovered in the last 24 hours, it added.
The number of Covid patients in home isolation has reduced to 31,197.A total of 65,004 tests — 43,915 RT-PCR and 21,089 rapid antigen, were conducted.
Delhi, which is under lockdown, has seen significant decline in daily positive cases and positivity rate for the last two weeks.
Meanwhile, a total of 1,13,310 vaccine doses were administered, which included 93,718 people receiving their first dose and 19,592 their second , taking city’s total to 47,15,785.
