Fresh Covid cases at 343 in Delhi, but no death, positivity rate low

NEW DELHI: Delhi on Sunday logged 343 fresh Covid-19 cases with a positivity rate of 1. 91%, while no new death was reported due to the viral disease, according to the data shared by the city health department.
With this, the national capital’s Covid-19 case tally increased to 19,08,730 while the death toll stood at 26,212. A total of 17,917 Covid-19 tests were conducted in Delhi the previous day, the department said in its latest bulletin.
On Saturday, the capital had logged 405 fresh Covid-19 cases with a positivity rate of 2. 07%, while no new death was reported. On Friday, Delhi had logged 345 Covid cases and zero death, while the positivity rate was 1. 88%.
On Thursday, it was 373 cases with a positivity rate of 1. 85%, with two new deaths reported. The number of active Covid-19 cases in Delhi dropped to 1,422 from 1,467 on Saturday, the bulletin said.
As many as 1,016 patients are under home isolation, up from 994 the previous day, it said, adding that there are 251 containment zones in the national capital. There are 9,639 beds for Covid-19 patients in Delhi hospitals and of those, 71 are occupied, the bulletin said.