So far, the nation’s capital has registered 3.59,488 COVID-19 cases (representation)
New Delhi:
The national capital recorded 54 deaths from COVID-19 on Monday, the highest in more than three months, while 2,832 new cases brought the number of infections to 3.59 lakh, according to data from the Delhi government.
With the latest deaths, the death toll in the city stands at 6,312.
The case positivity rate was 8.23%, a slight improvement from 8.43 the day before. The cumulative positivity rate was 8.17%.
Authorities recorded 2,832 cases of COVID-19 on Monday. The number of new cases was 4,136 Sunday, 4,116 Saturday and 4,086 Friday.
According to the Delhi government health bulletin, 54 deaths, the highest in around 100 days, brought the death toll to 6,312.
The last time the city recorded more than 50 deaths was on July 16 (58).
Delhi had reported 33 deaths on Sunday. The death toll was 36 on Saturday, 26 on Friday, 35 on Thursday and 47 on Wednesday.
The average death rate for the last 10 days is 1.04%.
The nation’s capital has recorded 3,59,488 cases of COVID-19 so far. Of these, 3,27,390 people have recovered, been released or have migrated.
The number of active cases stood at 25,786 on Monday, including 16,396 in home isolation.
No less than 34,411 COVID-19 tests were performed on Sunday. Of these, 11,817 were RT-PCR tests and 22,594 rapid antigen tests. A total of 43.98,819 tests have been carried out in the nation’s capital so far – 2.31 lakh tests per million population.
Of the city’s 15,757 hospital beds, 10,353 are unoccupied.
The number of containment zones in the city is 2,930.
