New Delhi: Delhi witnessed 980 fresh Covid-19 cases on Tuesday with a positivity rate of 25.98 per cent, showed data from the city government’s health department. Two new coronavirus deaths have also been reported in the national capital, the bulletin said. However, it added that in one death, Covid-19 was not the primary cause of death, while the case sheet was awaited on the second death.
With the fresh cases, Delhi’s active caseload has now risen to 2,876, while the total cases have risen to 20,16,101.
980 new COVID cases have been reported in Delhi in the last 24 hours. Positivity rate is 25.98% pic.twitter.com/NuDzukCo9S– ANI (@ANI) April 11, 2023
Delhi sees a spurt in the number of fresh COVID-19 infections
In the last fortnight, there has been a sharp increase in the cases of H3N2 influenza in the country.
On Monday, Delhi reported 484 new cases with a positivity rate of 26.58 per cent, which means almost one out of every four people tested returned a positive result.
Delhi added 699 cases on Sunday with a positivity rate of 21.15 per cent. The capital recorded 535 cases on Saturday with a positivity rate of 23.05 per cent.
It recorded 733 cases – the highest in more than seven months – on Friday with a positivity rate of 19.93 per cent.
Earlier this year on January 16, the number of new coronavirus cases in Delhi had dropped to zero, for the first time since the pandemic.
Meanwhile, amid a rise in the number of cases in Delhi, medical experts have said that the new XBB.1.16 variant of the virus could be fueling the surge. He also said that the increase in Covid-19 cases could be the result of more people getting tested for the virus as a precaution when they actually become infected with the influenza virus and develop fever and related symptoms.
Medical experts have said that there is no need to panic and people should follow Covid-appropriate behavior and take booster shots of vaccines.