1 Covid death in past 24 hours in Delhi, positivity rate still over 1%

NEW DELHI: Delhi recorded 126 new Covid cases and one death due to the virus on Wednesday, while the positivity rate stood at 1.12%, according to data shared by the health department. These cases came out of the 11,241 tests conducted a day ago.

The national capital’s infection count has reached 18,65,620 while the death toll increased to 26,155.

Delhi had reported 112 new Covid-19 cases and zero death due to the infection on Tuesday, while the positivity rate stood at 1.05%. The number of daily Covid-19 cases in Delhi has been declining after touching the record high of 28,867 on January 13.

Delhi had recorded a positivity rate of 30.6% on January 14, the highest during the third wave of the pandemic which was largely due to the highly transmissible Omicron variant of the coronavirus.

Amid the decline in daily cases, the number of patients under home isolation in Delhi has also fallen significantly.

As of February 1, the total number of home isolation cases was 12,312. It was 353 on Wednesday, the latest bulletin mentioned.

There are 9,745 beds for Covid-19 patients in Delhi hospitals and 39 (0.40%) of them are occupied.

Dr Kameshwar Prasad, the former head of neurology at AIIMS and current director of Ranchi Institute of Medical Sciences, said we need to learn to live with the virus. “The virus may remain in the environment for some more time. It may also cause sporadic surge in cases. But with vaccination the impact of such infections or its ability to cause serious illness will be minimal,” he said.