Over 800 COVID-19 cases in Delhi for third day in a row, highest in three months

New Delhi: A health worker collects swab sample from a person for COVID-19 test, near Kashmere Gate in New Delhi, Saturday, March 20, 2021. (PTI Photo/Arun Sharma) (PTI03_20_2021_000166B) (PTI) — New Delhi: A health worker collects swab sample from a person for COVID-19 test, near Kashmere Gate in New Delhi, Saturday, March 20, 2021. (PTI Photo/Arun Sharma) (PTI03_20_2021_000166B) **(PTI)**

1 min read . Updated: 22 Mar 2021, 09:39 PM IST Staff Writer

The active cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Delhi rose to 3,934 from 3,618 a day ago.

Delhi reported over 800 COVID-19 cases for the third day on the trot on Monday, while seven more persons succumbed to the infection, according to a health department bulletin.

The active cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) rose to 3,934 from 3,618 a day ago. The positivity remained over one per cent for the third consecutive day, it stated.

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The bulletin stated that 888 new cases pushed the tally to 6,48,872 while 6.33 lakh patients have recovered from the infection. There were 823 cases on Sunday, 813 cases on Saturday, 716 on Friday, 607 on Thursday, 536 on Wednesday and 425 on Tuesday, according to official data.

Seven more persons died from the pathogen, taking the number of fatalities to 10,963. A total of 67,418 tests, including 48,981 RT-PCR tests, were conducted a day ago, as the positivity rate stood at 1.32 per cent, the bulletin said.

The number of people under home isolation rose to 2,067 from 1,893 a day ago. The containment zones rose to 805 from 766 on Monday, it said.

Monday's's daily-case count is the highest in nearly three months. On December 24 last year, 1,063 people were infected with the virus. On January 1, 585 people were afflicted with the disease.

The caseload in Delhi on January 1 stood at over 6.25 lakh and the total fatalities were 10,557.

The number of daily cases had started to come down in February. On February 26, the month's highest daily count of 256 cases was recorded. However, the daily cases begun to rise again in March and it has been steadily increasing over the past few days.