India News | Delhi Sees Record 4,039 New COVID-19 Cases
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Delhi on Wednesday saw single-day highest spike of over 4,000 COVID-19 cases with the total count of cases going past the two-lakh mark.
New Delhi [India], September 9 (ANI): Delhi on Wednesday saw single-day highest spike of over 4,000 COVID-19 cases with the total count of cases going past the two-lakh mark.
The national capital reported 4,039 new COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, a Delhi government bulletin said.
The total count of cases stands at 2,01,174 including 1,72,763 recovered/discharged/migrated patients and 23,773 active cases.
The death toll due to COVID-19 reached to 4,638 after 20 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours. The city also saw 2,623 patients recovering from the disease.
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As many as 11,101 RTPCR/CBNAAT/True Nat tests and 43,416 Rapid antigen tests conducted today. A total of 19,03,780 tests have been done so far.
The Delhi government has said that a prescription from a qualified medical practitioner is not required for COVID-19 testing in the national capital.
However, tests will be conducted in accordance with the strategy/advisory issued by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and as per the orders issued by the Delhi government from time to time, it said. (ANI)
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