New Delhi Jan 21 PTI Delhi logged 10756 Covid cases in a single day and 38 more fatalities due to the infection while the positivity rate declined to 1804 per cent according to data shared by the city health department on FridayAs many as 434 people have succumbed to the disease so far in JanuaryAccording to officials 59629 Covid tests were conducted on Thursday as against 57290 a day agoDelhi on Thursday reported 12306 Covid cases and 43 fatalities while the positivity rate was 2148 per centOn Wednesday the city had logged 35 deaths and 13785 Covid cases with a positivity rate of 2386 per centIt had recorded 28867 Covid cases last Thursday the sharpest single-day spike since the beginning of the pandemic The number then declined to 24383 on Friday 20718 on Saturday 18286 on Sunday 12527 on Monday and 11684 on TuesdayThe positivity rate stood at 306 per cent on Saturday the highest in the ongoing wave of the pandemic so far 279 per cent on Sunday 28 per cent on Monday and 225 per cent on TuesdayThere are 15557 beds for Covid patients in Delhi hospitals and 2656 1707 per cent of them are occupied A total of 2656 Covid patients are in hospitals and 156 of them are on ventilator support the health department bulletin statedOf the 61954 active Covid cases in Delhi 48356 are recovering in home isolation it saidSince last week Health Minister Satyendar Jain has been saying that hospital admissions have stabilised in the national capital and the third wave has plateauedThe Delhi government on Thursday capped the rate of conventional RT-PCR tests in private hospitals and laboratories at Rs 300 reducing the price by 40 per cent according to an orderEarlier the test used to cost Rs 500Rapid antigen tests at private facilities will cost Rs 100 the order statedEarlier it used to cost Rs 300 PTI SLB ANB ANB

New Delhi Jan 20 PTI Delhi on Thursday reported 12306 fresh COVID-19 cases and 43 more fatalities due to the viral disease while the positivity rate dipped to 2148 per cent according to data shared by the city health departmentThis is the highest number of deaths reported in a day since June 10 2021 when 44 fatalities were recordedAs many as 396 people have succumbed to COVID-19 in the national capital so far in JanuaryAccording to officials a total of 57290 COVID-19 tests were conducted on Wednesday as against 57776 a day ago the data showedDelhi had logged 35 deaths and 13785 COVID-19 cases on Wednesday with a positivity rate of 2386 per centThe city had recorded 28867 COVID-19 cases last Thursday the sharpest single-day spike since the beginning of the pandemic The number then declined to 24383 on Friday 20718 on Saturday 18286 on Sunday 12527 on Monday and 11684 on TuesdayThe positivity rate stood at 306 per cent on Saturday the highest in the ongoing wave of the pandemic so far 279 per cent on Sunday 28 per cent on Monday and 225 per cent on TuesdayThere are 15589 beds for Covid patients in Delhi hospitals and 2698 1731 per cent of them are occupied A total of 2539 Covid patients are in hospitals and 152 of them are on ventilator support the health department bulletin statedOf the 68730 active Covid cases in Delhi 53593 are recovering in home isolation it saidEarlier in the day Health Minister Satyendar Jain said it seems that Delhi has passed the peak of the third wave of COVID-19 but cautioned that the city is not out of the danger zone yetThe minister said Delhi recently saw a record surge of over 28000 daily cases and the positivity rate too had gone beyond 30 per centThat spike which Delhi saw can be considered the peak of the Covid wave and it seems that we are past the peak now The number of daily cases has come down in the last few days Over 13000 cases were recorded yesterday with a positivity rate close to 24 per cent And today the number of cases is lesser than that he saidOn Wednesday Jain had said the positivity rate in the national capital is not low enough to lift the restrictions imposed to contain the spread of viral disease and that the government will monitor the situation for three to four daysSince last week the minister has been saying that hospital admissions have stabilised in the national capital and the third wave has plateauedJain has also said that no one is being denied a Covid test and authorities are following the guidelines issued by the CentreThey Centre said high-risk contacts of Covid patients and those with symptoms should be tested On Tuesday they clarified that tests be conducted in some pockets in the community too which we are doing he saidDelhi had been conducting 50000 to 60000 coronavirus tests daily for the last six months he addedThe Delhi government on Thursday capped the rate of conventional RT-PCR tests in private hospitals and laboratories at Rs 300 reducing the price by 40 per cent according to an orderEarlier the test used to cost Rs 500Rapid antigen tests at private facilities will cost Rs 100 the order statedEarlier it used to cost Rs 300 PTI GVS DIV DIV