94 fresh Covid-19 cases in Delhi, positivity rate stays low at 0.12%

NEW DELHI: The national capital on Wednesday reported 94 fresh coronavirus cases at a positivity rate of 0.12% and six more fatalities, stated health department bulletin.
With 240 patients recovering in the past 24 hours, the recoveries outnumbered the fresh cases again, it added.
Delhi recorded 101 cases at a positivity rate of 0.15% and four more deaths on Tuesday. With the fresh cases, the Covid-19 case count increased to 14,34,188 on Wednesday. The death toll stands at 24,977, while the case fatality rate is 1.74%, the bulletin said.
On Monday, the city saw 59 cases— the lowest single-day rise this year— and two deaths. On Sunday, it reported 89 cases and four deaths, while the positivity rate stood at 0.12%.
The infection rate, which was 36% in the last week of April, is below 0.20% currently.
The daily cases and deaths in the city began spiralling upwards from April 19. According to official data, over 28,000 cases and 277 deaths were recorded on April 20 and 448 deaths on May 3.
The Wednesday’s bulletin said a total of 79,935 tests, including 56,899 RT-PCR/CBNAAT/TrueNat tests, were conducted in the past 24 hours, while the rest were rapid antigen tests. The number of active cases in the city decreased to 1,379 from 1,531 on Tuesday. A total of 14,07,832 patients have recovered from Covid-19 in Delhi, it said.
The number of patients under home isolation dropped to 329 from 456 on Tuesday while the number of containment zones fell to 1,599 from 1,643 the previous day, the bulletin said.
In the past 24 hours, 2,03,158 people were vaccinated, including 37,369 who were administered the second dose. A total of 77,53,986 people has been vaccinated in the national capital till now, including 17,81,369, who have received both the jabs.