New Delhi, Oct 8 (PTI) Delhi on Saturday recorded one more Covid-related fatality and 137 new cases with a positivity rate of 1.73 per cent, according to data issued by the city health department here.

With these fresh cases, Delhi's COVID-19 tally has climbed to 20,04,041 while the death toll has risen to 26,505, the department said in its latest bulletin.

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The new cases were detected from 7,900 tests conducted the previous day, it said.

Delhi on Friday reported one fatality and 101 new Covid cases with a positivity rate of 1.38 per cent.

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The city on Thursday logged 57 Covid cases with a positivity rate of 2.19 per cent.

The capital on Wednesday saw 96 cases with a positivity rate of 1.42 per cent, while it logged 74 new infections with a positivity rate of 1.07 per cent on Tuesday.

On Monday, it reported one Covid-related fatality and 39 new cases with a positivity rate of 1.56 per cent.

The number of active COVID-19 cases in Delhi stands at 397, the bulletin said, adding that a total of 234 patients are under home isolation.

Of the 8,857 beds reserved for COVID-19 patients in various city hospitals, 35 are occupied, it said.

There are 44 containment zones in Delhi, it added.

The number of daily COVID-19 cases in Delhi touched a record high of 28,867 on January 13 during the third wave of the pandemic.

The city recorded a positivity rate of 30.6 per cent on January 14, the highest during the third wave.

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