Delhi reports 923 new Covid-19 cases, highest since May 30
Amid a rise in Omicron cases, Delhi on Thursday reported 923 Covid-19 cases in 24 hours, an 86 percent jump in infections from Wednesday and the highest since May 30.
As many as 496 cases were reported on Wednesday. The daily new Covid cases are the highest since May 30 when 946 cases were reported.
Delhi is witnessing a surge in fresh Covid-19 infections over the last week following the emergence of Covid-19's Omicron variant. A total of 71,696 tests were conducted for detecting COVID-19 including 64,233 RTPCR/CBNAAT/True Nat tests and 7,463 antigen tests.
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As per the bulletin by the Delhi Health Department, the active cases in the city have also gone up to 2,191. There were 1,680 active cases on June 25.
Moreover, the positivity rate in the city scaled up to 1.29 percent, the highest since May 28 when it was 1.58. The Delhi Health Department informed that the total number of COVID-19 infections in the city has moved up to 14,45,102 with a cumulative positivity rate of 4.44 percent.
With 344 new recoveries reported in the last 24 hours, the recovery tally of Delhi has gone up to 14,17,804. In the last 24 hours, 115 foreign travellers were tested for Covid-19. Those who have been tested positive have been admitted to hospitals.
As many 200 Covid-positive patients have been admitted to the hospital, of which 98 belong to other states. Out of 200 patients, 145 patients have mild symptoms and 55 patients are on oxygen-supported beds.
However, the national capital did not report any COVID-related deaths in the last 24 hours. After Delhi witnessed COVID positivity rate above 0.50 percent for two consecutive days, the Delhi government on Tuesday imposed restrictions imposed under yellow alert as per the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP).
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-PTC News
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