According to the bulletin, fresh cases have come out of 3,153 tests.
New Delhi:
Delhi recorded 1,017 COVID-19 cases on Monday, while the positivity rate rose to 32.25 per cent, the highest in 15 months, according to data shared by the city government’s health department.
The capital had recorded a positivity rate of 30.6 per cent on January 14 last year.
With the new cases, Delhi’s COVID-19 tally climbed to 20,24,244. The health department’s bulletin said that four fresh fatalities pushed the death toll to 26,567.
Of the latest fatalities, COVID-19 was the primary cause of death in two cases, it said.
According to the bulletin, the fresh cases came out of 3,153 tests conducted on the previous day.
Delhi recorded 1,634 COVID-19 cases on Sunday with a positivity rate of 29.68 per cent and three deaths.
On Saturday, the city had recorded 1,396 cases with a positivity rate of 31.9 per cent.
Delhi recorded 1,527 cases on Thursday with a positivity rate of 27.77 per cent and two deaths.
The daily number of Covid-19 cases in the national capital crossed 1,000 on Wednesday for the first time in more than seven months, while the positivity rate stood at 23.8 per cent.
Last year, 1,964 cases were registered in Delhi on August 18.
The number of COVID-19 cases had dropped to zero on January 16 for the first time since the outbreak of the pandemic. However, the city has seen a spurt in cases in the last fortnight.
Of the 7,954 beds in Delhi’s dedicated COVID-19 hospitals, 325 are occupied, while 3,643 patients are in home isolation, said a health department bulletin on Monday.
Currently the number of active cases is 4,976.
A mock drill was conducted in Delhi hospitals on April 11 to ascertain their preparedness to deal with COVID-19.
Medical experts have said that the Omicron sub-variant XBB.1.16 could trigger a surge in cases in the city.
However, he has said that there is no need to panic and people should follow Covid-appropriate behavior and take their booster shots.
Delhi Health Minister Saurabh Bhardwaj said last week that XBB.1.16 does not cause severe infection in children.
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