New Delhi Aug 31 PTI The national capital recorded 28 fresh COVID-19 cases and one death on Tuesday while the positivity rate stood at 005 per cent according to a bulletin issued by the Delhi health department The city did not record any fatalities due to the infection for four days till Sunday The low number of cases can also be attributed to fewer tests 55371 conducted on Monday which was a holiday due to Janmashtami Out of the total tests 43167 were RTPCRCBNAATTrueNat tests while the rest were rapid antigen tests the bulletin said Fifty-three people were discharged in the last 24 hours after recovery it said With the new cases Delhis overall infection tally has climbed to 1437764 the bulletin said Over 1412 lakh patients have recovered from the disease and the case fatality rate is 174 per cent it said The death toll stands at 25082 according to the bulletin Twenty-nine people have succumbed to the disease in this month The cumulative death toll was 25053 on July 31 On Monday the national capital recorded 20 cases at a positivity rate of 004 per cent The city reported 31 coronavirus cases with a positivity rate of 004 per cent on Sunday and it reported 29 cases on Saturday The bulletin issued on Tuesday said that there are 349 active cases in Delhi down from 375 a day ago while the number of containment zones stand at 138 down from 144 the previous day Eighty-five patients are in home isolation which is minor decrease from 88 on Monday it said Delhi recently battled a brutal second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic that claimed a large number of lives with the shortage of oxygen at hospitals across the city adding to the woes On April 20 Delhi had reported 28395 cases the highest in the city since the beginning of the pandemic On April 22 the case positivity rate was 362 per cent the highest so far The highest number of 448 deaths was reported on May 3 The city government has been ramping up health infrastructure to prevent a repeat of the crisis witnessed during the peak of the second wave in April and May Steps have been taken to increase the number of hospital beds to accommodate up to 37000 patients and to become self-reliant in terms of oxygen supply According to officials around 160 PSA oxygen generation plants with a total capacity of 14811 metric tonnes are being installed at various government and private hospitals in the city While 66 plants are being installed in Delhi government hospitals 10 are being set up in central government hospitals and 84 in private healthcare facilities Around 7000 ICU beds are also being added at government health care facilities in Shalimar Bagh Kirari Sarita Vihar Sultanpuri Raghuveer Nagar and GTB Hospital and Chacha Nehru Hospital At present there are 10000 ICU beds in the capital According to government data 13367266 beneficiaries have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine since the inoculation exercise started on January 16 As many as 3823242 people have received both doses PTI SLB ANB ANB

New Delhi Aug 30 PTI The national capital reported 20casesof the coronavirus and one death on Monday while the positivity rate stood at 004 per cent according to data shared by the health department here The capital had not recorded any fatality due to the infection in the past four days The low number of cases can also be attributed to fewer tests 51387 conducted the previous day With the new cases the overall infection tally in the city climbs to 1437736 Over 1412 lakh patients have recovered from the disease The death toll stands at 25081 Twenty-eight people have succumbed to the disease this month so far The cumulative death toll was 25053 on July 31 On Sunday the city reported 31 coronavirus cases with a positivity rate of 004 per cent On Saturday it reported 29 COVID-19cases There are 375 active cases in Delhi of which 88 are in home isolation The number of containment zones stands at 144 the bulletin said Delhi battled a brutal second wave of the pandemic that claimed a large number of lives with the shortage of oxygen at hospitals across the city adding to the woes On April 20 Delhi had reported 28395cases the highest in the city since the beginning of the pandemic On April 22 the case positivity rate was 362 per cent the highest so far The highest number of 448 deaths was reported on May 3 The city government has been ramping up health infrastructure to prevent a repeat of the crisis witnessed during the peak of the second wave in April and May Steps have been taken to increase the number of hospital beds to accommodate up to 37000patients and to become self-reliant in terms of oxygen supply According to officials around 160 PSA oxygen generation plants with a total capacity of 14811 metric tonnes are being installed at various government and private hospitals in the city While 66 plants are being installed in Delhi government hospitals 10 are being set up in central government hospitals and 84 in private healthcare facilities Around 7000 ICU beds are also being added at government health care facilities in Shalimar Bagh Kirari Sarita Vihar Sultanpuri Raghuveer Nagar and GTB Hospital and Chacha Nehru Hospital At present there are 10000 ICU beds in the capital According to government data 133 crore vaccine doses have been administered in the capital since the inoculation exercise started on January 16 Over 38 lakh people have received both doses PTI GVS SMN SMN

New Delhi Aug 23 PTI The national capital recorded 17 COVID-19 cases the lowest since March 28 last year and zero death was reported for the fourth day on the trot on Monday according to data shared by the health department here This is the 14th time since the starting of the second wave of the pandemic that Delhi logged zero fatality in a day The low number of cases can also be attributed to fewer tests 46251 conducted the previous day With the new cases the overall infection tally in the city has climbed to 1437334 Of this over 1411 lakh patients have recovered from the disease The death toll stands at 25079 a bulletin issued by the department showed Twenty-six people have succumbed to the disease this month so far The cumulative death toll was 25053 on July 31 On Sunday the city reported 24 COVID-19 cases as the positivity rate stood at 004 per cent On Saturday the capital had reported 19 coronavirus cases According to covid19Indiaorg a crowdsourced initiative that collects data on COVID-19 and vaccination in India Delhi had reported nine cases on March 28 last year On April 15 last year 17 people were diagnosed with the disease There are 374 active cases in Delhi at present and 107 of them are under home isolation while the positivity rate is 004 per cent the bulletin said The number of containment zones stands at 228 it said Delhi battled a brutal second wave of the pandemic that claimed a massive number of lives with the shortage of oxygen at hospitals across the city adding to the woes On April 20 Delhi had reported 28395 cases the highest in the city since the beginning of the pandemic On April 22 the case positivity rate was 362 per cent the highest so far The highest number of 448 deaths was reported on May 3 The city government has been ramping up health infrastructure to prevent a repeat of the crisis witnessed during the peak of the second wave of coronavirus in April and May Steps have been taken to increase the number of hospital beds to accommodate up to 37000 cases a day and to become self-reliant in terms of oxygen supply According to officials around 160 PSA oxygen generation plants with a total capacity of 14811 metric tonnes are being installed at various government and private hospitals in the city While 66 plants are being installed in Delhi government hospitals 10 are being set up in central government hospitals and 84 in private healthcare facilities According to government data 124 crore vaccine doses have been administered in the capital since the inoculation exercise started on January 16 Over 35 lakh people have received both doses PTI GVS ANB ANB