Delhi sees 965 new Covid cases 1 death positivity rate dips to 471 pc
New Delhi Apr 21 PTI Delhi logged 965 fresh Covid cases in a day with a positivity rate of 471 per cent while one person died due to the infection according to data shared by the city health department on ThursdayA total of 20480 tests were conducted in the city a day ago the data showed Delhi had reported one death and 1009 Covid cases on Wednesday the maximum since February 10 with a positivity rate of 57 per centOn Tuesday Delhi had reported 632 cases with a positivity rate of 442 per cent A day before the city reported 501 cases with a positivity rate of 772 per centWith the national capital seeing a spurt in COVID-19 cases in the past few days the number of active cases has increased to 2970 from 601 on April 11However the hospitalisation rate has so far been low accounting for less than three per cent of the total active cases as per the dataThere are 57 COVID-19 patients admitted to hospitals in Delhi at present while 1948 are recuperating in home isolationOf the 9737 beds available for Covid patients in various hospitals just 78 are occupiedIn the wake of rising cases the Delhi government had on Wednesday made the wearing of masks mandatory in public places and announced a fine of Rs 500 for its violation It had lifted the fine for not wearing a mask on April 12 because of the decline in casesThe city health department said on Thursday Delhi has started providing free COVID-19 precautionary dose to beneficiaries in the 18-59 age group at government vaccination centresDelhi has also started genome sequencing of samples of all Covid infected people in the capital to ascertain if a new variant such as the XE has spread in the cityThe cumulative caseload in the capital stands at 1871657 while the overall death toll is 26162 PTI GVS KVK KVK
New Delhi Apr 21 PTI Delhi logged 965 fresh Covid cases in a day with a positivity rate of 471 per cent while one person died due to the infection according to data shared by the city health department on ThursdayA total of 20480 tests were conducted in the city a day ago the data showed Delhi had reported one death and 1009 Covid cases on Wednesday the maximum since February 10 with a positivity rate of 57 per centOn Tuesday Delhi had reported 632 cases with a positivity rate of 442 per cent A day before the city reported 501 cases with a positivity rate of 772 per centWith the national capital seeing a spurt in COVID-19 cases in the past few days the number of active cases has increased to 2970 from 601 on April 11However the hospitalisation rate has so far been low accounting for less than three per cent of the total active cases as per the dataThere are 57 COVID-19 patients admitted to hospitals in Delhi at present while 1948 are recuperating in home isolationOf the 9737 beds available for Covid patients in various hospitals just 78 are occupiedIn the wake of rising cases the Delhi government had on Wednesday made the wearing of masks mandatory in public places and announced a fine of Rs 500 for its violation It had lifted the fine for not wearing a mask on April 12 because of the decline in casesThe city health department said on Thursday Delhi has started providing free COVID-19 precautionary dose to beneficiaries in the 18-59 age group at government vaccination centresDelhi has also started genome sequencing of samples of all Covid infected people in the capital to ascertain if a new variant such as the XE has spread in the cityThe cumulative caseload in the capital stands at 1871657 while the overall death toll is 26162 PTI GVS KVK KVK
