This Article is From Jun 26, 2021

85 New Covid Cases In Delhi In 24 Hours, Fewest Since May Last Year

Delhi's Coronavirus positivity rate has fallen to 0.12 per cent - the lowest ever.

Delhi has 1,598 active coronavirus patients.

New Delhi:

Delhi reported 85 new Coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, the lowest tally since May 1, 2020, and nine more deaths on Saturday, according to data shared by the Health Department on Saturday.

The positivity rate has fallen to 0.12 per cent - the lowest ever.

The nine new fatalities have pushed the death count in the city to 24,961.

The city currently has 1,598 active COVID-19 patients, the fewest since March 3.

Delhi has reported more than 14.33 lakh cases since the beginning of the pandemic.

On Monday, Delhi had reported 89 coronavirus cases with a positivity rate of 0.16 per cent, while 11 people had died, the data showed.

It was the first time that the daily count of coronavirus cases had gone below the 100-mark since February 16.

Delhi had recorded 111 cases and seven deaths on Wednesday, while the positivity rate stood at 0.15 per cent.

On Thursday, 109 COVID-19 cases and eight deaths were recorded while on Friday, 115 cases and four deaths, lowest since March 21, were reported.

Despite fall in daily cases in the last several days, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had recently cautioned that the chances of the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic were quite real, while he asserted that his government was preparing on a "war-footing" to combat it.

Delhi had been devastated by a brutal second wave of the pandemic, claiming hundreds of lives daily, with the recent oxygen supply shortage issue at various hospitals, adding to the crisis.

Since April 19, both daily cases and single-day deaths count had been spiralling up, with over 28,000 cases and 277 deaths recorded on April 20; rising to 306 fatalities on April 22. On May 3, the city registered a record 448 deaths, the official data showed.

However, the number of cases have shown a downward trend and the positivity rate too has been shrinking in the last several days. The number of deaths per day has also been showing a decline in the last couple of days.

But with shoppers crowding markets and restaurants resuming business amid phased unlock in the national capital, doctors have cautioned that Delhi could face a "worse than second wave situation" of COVID-19 if people do not adhere to safety norms or lower their guard.

(With inputs from PTI)

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