58 new Covid cases and 1 death in Delhi, infection rate below 0.10%

NEW DELHI: The national capital on Saturday recorded 58 new Covid-19 cases and one death, while the positivity rate slightly decreased to 0.08%.
The single new fatality pushed the death toll in the city to 25,053, according to the latest health bulletin.
The city logged 63 fresh Covid cases and three deaths on Friday, while the positivity rate stood at 0.09%. No Covid death was recorded in Delhi on Thursday, while the fresh cases stood at 51 with a positivity rate of 0.08%, stated the data.
This was the third time since the start of the second wave of the pandemic in the capital that zero fatality had been logged in a day. On July 18 and July 24, too, no death due to Covid-19 was recorded, said the official figures.
On March 2 this year, Delhi had reported zero deaths due to the virus. On that day, the number of single-day infection stood at 217 and the positivity rate was 0.33%.
A total of 70,355 tests, including 47,445 RT-PCR and 22,910 rapid antigen tests, were conducted in the past 24 hours, stated the health bulletin on Saturday. The number of active cases slightly increased to 581 from 580 on Friday. The number of people under home isolation was 177, while the number of containment zones marginally decreased to 292 from 296 a day before, the bulletin said.
The second wave swept the city during the April-May period. The infection rate, which had reached 36% in the last week of April, has now come down to less than 0.10%.