Delhi : With 3,816 new cases, count crosses 2.5L, positivity rate at 6%

New Delhi: Delhi reported the lowest positivity rate, 6.47%, since September 8 on Tuesday when the city logged 3,816 fresh Covid cases and 37 deaths. While the city reported the lowest positivity rate, the death rate was the highest in the past 10 days. The death rate on Tuesday was 0.86%, which was 0.83% a day before and 0.68% on September 12.

A total of 59,013 tests were conducted in the last one day. These included 49,554 rapid antigen tests and 9,459 RT-PCR tests.

Covid positive cases, which remained above 4,000 for days together, have been below 4,000 for the last three days. The number of active Covid-19 cases increased to 31,623 from 30,941 a day ago with 3,097 people recovering from the coronavirus. There has been a recent surge in Covid cases in Delhi largely due to the number of tests being increased multiple times so that the prevalence of infection can be detected, and isolation and treatment efforts can be initiated at the earliest.

Till now, Delhi has conducted 26.4 lakh – 1,38,829 tests per million, which the government says is highest in the world. Delhi has so far reported 2.5 lakh positive cases, out of which 2.16 lakh people have recovered and 5,051 people have lost their lives.

According to the latest information, 7,051 out of 15,804 beds in Covid hospitals are occupied and 8,753 beds are vacant. The number of people under home isolation has gone up to 18,464 and the containment zones have increased to 1,937.