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Delhi's Covid count just short of 6 lakh
The capital recorded 2,463 fresh cases of the novel coronavirus on Wednesday with over 72,000 tests being conducted. The positivity rate dropped to 3.42%, down from 4.23% on Tuesday.
The active cases tally dropped to 20,546 from 22,310, the previous day. The state health department said the total number of cases climbed to 5,99,575.
“The overall positivity rate on Wednesday is 3.42 per cent. The rate has been less than 5% for the past eight days. The positivity rate for RT-PCT tests is 6.46%. Today’s death numbers are lowest since November 1,” state health minister Satyendar Jain tweeted.
He added that for the first time ever, over 2,500 ICU beds were vacant for Covid-19 patients on Wednesday.
Public health specialists said the declining positivity rate signals ebbing of the third wave of the infection in the capital. “If the positivity rate continues to stay below 5%, we will overcome the pandemic,” a health department official said.
Covid cases in the city peaked most recently in November, claiming over 2,600 lives and affecting over 1.8 lakh people in a month. A maximum of 8,593 fresh cases were reported in a single day on November 11.
Health experts believe that a significant population in the capital has already been exposed to the coronavirus and, therefore, the likelihood of another spike in fresh cases of Covid-19 is unlikely.
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