Delhi sees 25 new COVID-19 cases, zero fatality; positivity rate dips to 0.04%

Delhi reported 25 fresh COVID-19 cases and zero fatality on Wednesday, while the positivity rate dipped to 0.04 percent, according to data shared by the health department.

Only five fatalities due to the coronavirus infection were reported in the city last month -- one each on September 7, September 16, and September 17, and two on September 28.

Three fatalities have been recorded so far this month in Delhi -- October 18, October 2, and October 10, according to the official data.

On Tuesday, Delhi recorded one death due to COVID-19 and 36 fresh cases with a positivity rate of 0.06 percent.

On Monday, 15 cases were recorded with a positivity rate of 0.03 percent. This was the lowest daily case count since March 28 last year, according to official data.

The Covid death toll in the national capital stands at 25,090.

Delhi had reported nine coronavirus cases on March 28 last year. The daily case count had dropped to 17 on September 13, with no death being recorded on that day, while the positivity rate was 0.04 percent.

On Sunday, 32 cases were recorded with a positivity rate of 0.07 cents, official data said.

The number of cumulative cases on Tuesday stood at 14,39,466. Over 14.14 lakh patients have recovered from the virus.

A total of 56,293 tests -- 47,577 RT-PCR tests and 8,716 rapid antigen tests -- were conducted a day ago, the bulletin said.

Despite fall in daily cases in the last several days, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had recently cautioned that the chances of the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic were quite real, while he asserted that his government was preparing on a ''war-footing'' to combat it.

Delhi was hit by a brutal second wave of the pandemic in April-May, which claimed a massive number of lives daily, and the oxygen supply shortage issue at various hospitals had added to the woes.

Since April 19, both daily cases and single-day deaths count had been spiraling up, with over 28,000 cases and 277 deaths recorded on April 20; rising to 306 fatalities on April 22. On May 3, the city registered a record 448 deaths, according to official data.

However, the number of cases has shown a downward trend and the positivity rate has been shrinking in the last several weeks.

Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain recently had said that medical infrastructure was being ramped up and 37,000 beds dedicated for COVID-19 patients were being set up to tackle the anticipated third wave of the pandemic here.

A few days later, he had said that the number of coronavirus cases had also been under control for the last two months, and together the society and government can strive and win over it, by following all Covid-appropriate behavior.

The number of active cases increased to 310 on Wednesday from 322 a day before, the bulletin said.

The number of people under home isolation stood at 96 on Wednesdays, while it was 103 a day before, and the number of containment zones decreased to 97 from 106 on Tuesday, it added.

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