Delhi: At 213, Covid cases lowest in 3 months; only 8% beds taken

NEW DELHI: The capital recorded 213 new novel coronavirus cases — the lowest in over three months— and 28 fatalities on Saturday. The positivity rate dipped to 0.3%, stated data shared by state health department.
According to the health bulletin, the new fatalities pushed the death toll to 24,800. On Thursday, the city recorded 305 cases with a positivity rate of 0.41% and 45 deaths. The daily tally was 238 on Friday with 0.31% positivity rate and 24 deaths. On March 8, Delhi had recorded 239 cases and on March 9, the tally was 320, the data said.
Since April 19, both daily cases and single-day death count had been spiralling. On April 20, the city had reported 28,395 cases — the highest since the beginning of the pandemic. On April 22, the positivity rate was 36.2% — the highest so far. At 448, the number of deaths was the highest on May 3.
However, the number of cases has shown a downward trend lately. The positivity rate, too, has been shrinking in the past several days. In the past 24 hours, 71,513 tests, including 50,766 RT-PCR, were conducted.
The total number of cases reported in the national capital, so far, stood at 14,30,884, while over 14 lakh patients have recovered from the virus. The city now has 3,610 active cases. The number of people under home isolation is 1,123.
The occupancy of Covid-19 beds has reduced to 8%. Even ICU beds are easily available now. According to data shared by hospitals on Delhi Corona app, of the 6,685 ICU beds, only 1,142 (17%) were occupied presently. “Most of the ICU beds are occupied by patients who were admitted a fortnight ago or before and were suffering from complications caused by the viral infection. This includes patients with secondary infections, including mucormycosis,” said a senior doctor at Lok Nayak hospital.