New Delhi [India], June 7 (ANI): The national capital on Tuesday reported a fresh surge in COVID-19 cases as the city logged 450 cases, the Delhi Health Department informed. The city also saw one death due to Coronavirus.

New Delhi Apr 22 PTI Delhi logged 1042 fresh Covid cases with a positivity rate of 464 per cent while two persons died due to the infection according to data shared by the city health department on FridayA total of 22442 tests were conducted in the city a day ago the data showed The cumulative caseload in the national capital stands at 1872699 while the death toll is 26164Delhi had reported one death and 965 Covid cases with a positivity rate of 471 per cent on Thursday It had logged one death and 1009 Covid cases on Wednesday 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 3253 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 according to dataThere are 58 COVID-19 patients admitted to hospitals in Delhi at present while 2173 are recuperating in home isolationOf the 9705 beds available for Covid patients in various hospitals just 94 097 per cent are occupiedIn the wake of rising cases the Delhi government on Friday issued an order directing authorities to impose a fine of Rs 500 on people not wearing masks in public placesHowever the fine will not apply to people travelling together in private four-wheelers it saidThe government had lifted the fine for not wearing a mask on April 12 because of the decline in casesThe decision to bring back the mask mandate in public places and impose a fine of Rs 500 on violators came at a meeting of the Delhi Disaster Management Authority DDMA which devises Covid management policies for the national capital on WednesdayThe city health department said on Thursday Delhi has started providing free COVID-19 precautionary doses to beneficiaries in the 18-59 age group at government vaccination centresDelhi has also started genome sequencing of samples of all Covid infected people to ascertain if a new variant such as the XE has spread in the city PTI GVS NSD NSD

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 19 PTI Delhi has recorded a nearly 26 per cent jump in fresh Covid cases in the last 24 hours while the positivity rate has been reported at 442 per cent according to data shared by the city health department on TuesdayNo death has been reported in the city due to the coronavirus in this time period it saidThe department said that 632 fresh Covid cases have been reported and the positivity rate is 442 per cent The city had on Monday recorded 501 cases and zero death while the positivity rate stood at 772 per centThere are 9735 beds for Covid patients in Delhi hospitals and 80 082 per cent of them are occupied the department said in bulletinIt said that 9918 per cent beds 9657 beds in city hospitals are vacantOfficials said that the last time the number of cases was above 632 was in February 19 when the city had reported 635 cases The national capital on Sunday recorded a 421 per cent positivity rate with 517 casesWith the new cases the citys infection tally has increased to 1869683 while the death toll stood at 26160 as no new fatality was reported the Tuesday bulletin saidOn Saturday 461 Covid cases and two deaths were reported in Delhi while the positivity rate was 533 per centA total of 14299 Covid tests were conducted the previous day the bulletin stated on TuesdayThough the positivity rate has gone down the number of patients under home isolation have increased in the last few days On Tuesday a total of 1274 COVID-19 patients were under home isolation while on Monday this number was 1188 On Sunday as many as 964 patients were under home isolationThe bulletin said that as on date there were 625 containment zones across the cityThe number of daily COVID-19 cases in Delhi had touched the record high of 28867 on January 13 this year during the third wave of the pandemicThe city had recorded a positivity rate of 306 per cent on January 14 the highest during the third wave of the pandemic which was largely driven by the highly transmissible Omicron variant of coronavirus PTI AKM ANB ANB

New Delhi Apr 19 PTI Delhi has recorded a nearly 26 per cent jump in fresh Covid cases in the last 24 hours but the positivity rate has dropped to 442 per cent according to data shared by the city health department on TuesdayNo death has been reported in the city due to the coronavirus in this time period it saidThe department said that 632 fresh Covid cases have been reported and the positivity rate is 442 per cent The city had on Monday recorded 501 cases and zero death while the positivity rate stood at 772 per centThere are 9735 beds for Covid patients in Delhi hospitals and 80 082 per cent of them are occupied the department said in bulletinIt said that 9918 per cent beds 9657 beds in city hospitals are vacantOfficials said that the last time the number of cases was above 632 was in February 19 when the city had reported 635 cases The national capital on Sunday recorded a 421 per cent positivity rate with 517 casesWith the new cases the citys infection tally has increased to 1869683 while the death toll stood at 26160 as no new fatality was reported the Tuesday bulletin saidOn Saturday 461 Covid cases and two deaths were reported in Delhi while the positivity rate was 533 per centA total of 14299 Covid tests were conducted the previous day the bulletin stated on TuesdayThough the positivity rate has gone down the number of patients under home isolation have increased in the last few days On Tuesday a total of 1274 COVID-19 patients were under home isolation while on Monday this number was 1188 On Sunday as many as 964 patients were under home isolationThe bulletin said that as on date there were 625 containment zones across the cityThe number of daily COVID-19 cases in Delhi had touched the record high of 28867 on January 13 this year during the third wave of the pandemicThe city had recorded a positivity rate of 306 per cent on January 14 the highest during the third wave of the pandemic which was largely driven by the highly transmissible Omicron variant of coronavirus PTI AKM ANB ANB ANB

New Delhi Apr 19 PTI Delhi has recorded a nearly 26 per cent jump in fresh Covid cases in the last 24 hours while the positivity rate has been reported at 442 per cent according to data shared by the city health department on TuesdayNo new death has been reported in the city due to the coronavirus it saidThe department said that 632 fresh Covid cases have been reported and the positivity rate is 442 per cent The city had on Monday recorded 501 cases and zero death while the positivity rate stood at 772 per centThe national capital on Sunday recorded a 421 per cent positivity rate with 517 casesWith the new cases the citys infection tally has increased to 1869683 while the death toll stood at 26160 as no new fatality was reportedOn Saturday 461 Covid cases and two deaths were reported in Delhi while the positivity rate was 533 per centA total of 14299 Covid tests were conducted the previous day the bulletin stated on Tuesday adding that a total of 1274 patients are under home isolationPTI AKM AKM ANB ANB

New Delhi [India], April 1 (ANI): No penalty will be imposed for not wearing face masks in the national capital as the COVID-19 positivity rate has come down substantially and a majority of the population has been vaccinated, according to the Delhi government's order on Friday.

New Delhi Mar 20 PTI Delhi reported 97 fresh coronavirus cases and one fatality linked to the disease while the positivity stood at 041 per cent according to data shared by the city health department on Sunday The number of tests conducted a day ago stood at 23766 The new fatality pushed the death toll from the pandemic to 26147 in Delhi the latest health bulletin stated Delhi on Saturday reported 61 fresh COVID-19 cases and one death while the positivity rate stood at 068 per cent On Friday the city reported 140 new cases with a positivity rate of 043 per cent and no death due to COVID-19 The capital on Thursday logged 148 cases with a positivity rate of 047 per cent and one death The city recorded zero fatality count on March 5 6 10 11 13 and 14 as well The number of daily cases in Delhi has been on the decline after touching the record high of 28867 on January 13 The city had recorded a positivity rate of 306 per cent on January 14 the highest during the ongoing wave of the pandemic Amid a decline in daily cases of COVID-19 in Delhi the number of patients under home isolation here has also significantly fallen in the last few weeks The total number of home isolation cases as on February 1 had stood at 12312 and on March 20 it dipped to 365 The number of containment zones which were also slowly falling in this period also registered a dip in its count to 3147 on March 20 according to official figures shared by the health department The surge in Covid cases in Delhi during the third wave of the pandemic was largely due to the Omicron variant of the virus which is highly transmissible There are 10244 beds for Covid patients in Delhi hospitals and 73 071 per cent of them were occupied according to the latest bulletin PTI SLB CK

New Delhi Mar 19 PTI Delhi on Saturday reported 61 fresh COVID-19 cases and one death while the positivity rate stood at 068 per cent according to data shared by the city health departmentThe relatively lower number of cases came out of the lesser number of tests -- 9011 -- conducted a day ago which was a holiday in view of Holi festivalWith 61 fresh cases the national capitals case count increased to1863694 while the death toll rose to 26146 the latest health bulletin statedDelhi on Friday had reported 140 new cases with a positivity rate of 043 per cent and zero death The city on Thursday had logged 148 cases with a positivity rate of 047 per cent and one deathOn March 5 6 10 11 13 and 14 also the city had recorded zero fatality count The number of daily cases in Delhi has been on the decline after touching the record high of 28867 on January 13The city had recorded a positivity rate of 306 per cent on January 14 the highest during the ongoing wave of the pandemicAmid a decline in daily cases of COVID-19 in Delhi the number of patients underhomeisolationhere has also significantly fallen in the last few weeksThe total number of home isolation cases as on February 1 had stood at 12312 and on March 19 it dipped to 393The number of containment zones which were also slowly falling in this period also registered adipin its count to 3171 on March 19 according to official figures shared by the health departmentThe surge in Covid cases in Delhi during the third wave of the pandemic was largely due to the Omicron variant of the virus which is highly transmissibleThere are 10244 beds for Covid patients in Delhi hospitals and 75 073 per cent of them were occupiedA total of 75 Covid patients were in hospitals the Saturday health department bulletin stated PTI KND RHL

New Delhi Dec 28PTI Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will discuss the existing COVID-19 situation with top officials at a high-level meeting on Tuesday during which a decision is also likely to be taken on implementing the Graded Response Action Plan in Delhi officials sources said The chief minister will chair the meeting at 12 noon It will discuss the rising number of COVID-19 cases and threat posed by its new variant Omicron Besides the meeting may decide on sounding the Yellow alert and restrictions according to the GRAP according to the sources The yellow alert is sounded when Covid positivity rate stays over 05 per cent on two consecutive days It involves restrictions like night curfew closure of schools and colleges alternate day opening of shops of non-essential items and halved seating capacity in Metro trains and public transport buses among others Delhi on Monday recorded 331 fresh COVID-19 cases the highest single-day rise since June 9 and one death while the positivity rate mounted to 068 per cent according to data shared by the city health department On Sunday Delhi recorded 290 cases with a positivity rate of 055 per cent and one fatality according to officials figures In view of the rising number of COVID-19 cases the Delhi Disaster Management Authority DDMA has already imposed night curfew that will remain in force in the city from 11 pm to 5 am till further orders PTI VIT CK