India News | Delhi Reports 1,109 Fresh COVID-19 Cases, Nine Fatalities
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Delhi on Saturday recorded 1,109 fresh COVID-19 cases, with an increased positivity rate of 11.23 per cent, and nine fatalities due to the viral disease, according to data shared by the city health department.
New Delhi, Aug 20 (PTI) Delhi on Saturday recorded 1,109 fresh COVID-19 cases, with an increased positivity rate of 11.23 per cent, and nine fatalities due to the viral disease, according to data shared by the city health department.
With this, Delhi's caseload went up to 19,92,881 and the death toll to 26,420, as per the latest bulletin.
Delhi on Friday had logged 1,417 COVID-19 cases, with a positivity rate of 7.53 per cent, and three fatalities.
On Thursday, the city recorded 1,964 COVID-19 cases with a test positivity rate of 9.42 per cent, and eight deaths.
The fresh cases on Saturday came out of 9,874 tests conducted the previous day, the bulletin said.
Eight fatalities and 1,652 cases of Covid were logged in the city on Wednesday with a positivity rate of 9.92 per cent.
On Tuesday, the national capital reported 917 Covid cases with a positivity rate of 19.20 per cent and three deaths due to the infection.
On Monday, the city had logged 1,227 cases with a positivity rate of 14.57 per cent, while eight people died due to the disease.
Before this, the city had logged more than 2,000 cases daily for 12 consecutive days.
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