A health worker wearing collects swab sample of a woman for Covid-19 test in New DelhiDelhi LG overturned the state govt's decision to allow functioning of hotels and weekly markets from August 1, while the proposal to allow street vendors and hawkers to operate for longer hours from August 1 was approved under Unlock 3. Stay with us for latest updates.
*The trials for validating rapid test kits for Covid-19 developed in Israel reached a milestone on Tuesday with nearly 20,000 people trying them out at six locations across Delhi.
*Delhi recorded its lowest single-day Covid-19 tally on Tuesday with 674 new cases. Twelve people succumbed to the disease in the past 24 hours, adding that this was the lowest death toll reported in a day in over two months.
*The total number of cases in Delhi, meanwhile, reached over 1.39 lakh while the death toll from the disease climbed to 4,033, authorities claimed.
*The decline in new cases coincides with the fall in testing numbers though. On Tuesday, authorities said, 9,295 Covid-19 tests were conducted — 4,108 (44%) through the RT-PCR method and 5,187 (56%) rapid antigen tests.
*Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal said active cases left in the city has come down to less than 10,000.