India News | Covid: 112 New Cases, Zero Death in Delhi

New Delhi, Apr 5 (PTI) Delhi recorded 112 new Covid cases and zero fatality on Tuesday, while the positivity rate stood at 1.05 percent, according to data shared by the health department here.

These cases came out of the 10,629 tests conducted a day ago.

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With 112 new cases, the national capital's infection count has increased to 18,65,494 while the death toll stands at 26,154.

Delhi reported 82 new COVID-19 cases and one death due to the infection on Monday, while the positivity rate was at 1.34 per cent.

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The national capital reported 85 new cases of COVID-19 with a positivity rate of 0.86 per cent and zero death due to the infection on Sunday.

It logged 114 COVID-19 cases on Saturday with a positivity rate of 0.71 per cent.

The number of daily COVID-19 cases in Delhi has been on the decline after touching the record high of 28,867 on January 13.

Delhi had recorded a positivity rate of 30.6 per cent 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 on February 1, the total number of home isolation cases was 12,312. It was 362 on Tuesday, the latest bulletin mentioned.

There are 9,755 beds for COVID-19 patients in Delhi hospitals and 48 (0.49 per cent) of them are occupied.

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