With the new cases, the national capital’s total COVID-19 infections rose to 18,91,425, while the death toll stood at 26,177, the data showed.
Delhi reported 1,656 new coronavirus cases and no deaths on Friday, according to data released by the health department. The Test Positivity Rate (TPR) in the national capital was recorded at 5.39 percent. It said that a day ago a total of 30,709 tests were conducted for the detection of coronavirus in the city.
The number of fresh coronavirus cases was the highest recorded in a single day since February 4, when the city recorded 2,272 new infections at a positivity rate of 3.85 per cent and 20 related deaths.
With the new cases, the national capital’s total COVID-19 infections rose to 18,91,425, while the death toll stood at 26,177, the data showed.
The national capital had recorded 1,365 COVID-19 cases and zero deaths due to the infection on Thursday, while the positivity rate stood at 6.35 per cent.
Delhi had recorded 1,354 cases on Wednesday with a positivity rate of 7.64 per cent and one death due to the disease. On Tuesday, it had registered 1,414 cases with a positivity rate of 5.97 per cent and one death due to the disease.
The national capital has 6,096 active cases, up from 5,746 on the previous day. According to the latest health bulletin, the number of containment zones has increased to 1,597 from 1,473 on Thursday.
It added that the hospitalization rate so far has been low, which is less than three per cent of the total number of active cases.
Currently, 200 COVID-19 patients are admitted in hospitals in Delhi, while 4,269 are in home isolation, the bulletin said.
Of the 9,590 beds for COVID-19 patients in various hospitals, only 200 (2.09 per cent) are occupied.
Experts have said that the spurt in COVID-19 cases and test positivity rate in Delhi in the last few weeks does not suggest the start of a new wave, but encourages people to take basic mitigation measures to contain the spread of the infection. needed.
Eminent epidemiologist Dr Chandrakant Laharia had earlier said that the test positivity rate is stable, and that means the infection is spreading at the same rate and there is no wave.
Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain had last week said that the cases of COVID-19 have increased in the capital but the situation was not critical as people were not developing serious illness and the rate of hospitalization was low.
He attributed the low rate of hospitalization to vaccination and naturally acquired immunity.
(PTI Input)
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