Delhi: Less than 50,000 Covid tests in 24 hrs

New Delhi: The capital recorded 39 new Covid-19 cases and one fatality due to the viral infection on Monday.

In the last 24 hours, only 46,447 Covid tests were conducted in the city, shows the data shared by the state health department.

Of them, 37,870 were RT-PCR and 8,577 were Rapid Antigen Tests. Officials said the testing numbers are lower than usual on Sundays and it will go up during the week.

With the new cases, the overall infection tally in Delhi has climbed to 14,36,800. Of this, over 14.11 lakh patients have recovered and the death toll now stands at 25,067.

On Sunday, the capital had reported 66 cases, with a positivity rate of 0.1% and there were 72 new Covid patients on Saturday with with a positivity rate of 0.1%. On Friday, Delhi had 44 cases with a positivity rate of 0.06% and five deaths.

There are 498 active cases of the disease in the city at present, and 178 of them are under home-isolation. The number of containment zones stands at 271, the bulletin said.

Delhi battled a brutal second wave of the pandemic that claimed a massive number of lives.

According to officials, around 160 PSA oxygen generation plants with a total capacity of 148.11 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.

Forty-five PSA plants with a capacity of 55.46 MT have already been commissioned.