Delhi recorded 39 fresh Covid-19 cases and one more death on Monday while the positivity rate stood at 0.07 per cent, according to data shared by the health department. With the new cases, the city's infection tally climbed to 14,35,949. Of these, over 14.10 lakh patients have recovered from the disease, the health department bulletin stated.
The death toll stands at 25,044, it said. On Sunday, Delhi had recorded 66 Covid-19 cases with a positivity rate of 0.09 per cent and two deaths due to the disease.
On Saturday, the capital had registered 66 new cases with a positivity rate of 0.09 per cent and zero deaths. On Friday, the city had recorded 58 cases with a positivity rate of 0.09 per cent and one fatality.
Currently, there are 537 active cases in Delhi and 162 of them are under home isolation. The number of containment zones in the city stands at 305, the bulletin said. It said 56,435 tests, including 45,423 RT-PCR tests, were conducted the previous day.
Delhi faced a brutal second wave of the pandemic that claimed a large number of lives daily. The rapid rise in the number of cases led to a shortage of medical oxygen at various city hospitals, worsening the crisis. On April 20, Delhi had reported 28,395 cases, the highest since the beginning of the pandemic. On April 22, the case positivity rate stood at a record 36.2 per cent.
The highest number of 448 deaths was reported on May 3. The capital has recorded 2,320 cases of coronavirus in the last 30 days (since June 25), 77 cases a day on an average.
Experts have said that while a large number of people now have immunity against coronavirus due to previous infections and vaccination, a guarded approach is needed in terms of implementing restrictive measures to avoid a second wave-like crisis.
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