Delhi records 161 fresh Covid-19 cases, 1 death; positivity rate at 0.44%

Delhi on Saturday reported 161 recent COVID-19 circumstances and one demise, whereas the positivity fee stood at 0.44 per cent, in keeping with information shared by town well being division.

With this, the nationwide capital’s case depend elevated to 18,62,802, whereas the demise toll rose to 26,141.

The variety of COVID-19 assessments carried out a day in the past stood at 36,731, it mentioned.

Delhi had on Friday recorded 174 circumstances with a positivity fee of 0.45 per cent, and 0 demise.

On March 5, 6 and 10 additionally, town had recorded zero fatality depend.

The variety of every day circumstances in Delhi has been on the decline after touching the report excessive of 28,867 on January 13. The town had recorded a positivity fee of 30.6 per cent on January 14, the best in the course of the ongoing wave of the pandemic.

Amid decline in every day circumstances of COVID-19 in Delhi, the variety of sufferers beneath dwelling isolation right here has considerably fallen in the previous few weeks.

The entire quantity dwelling isolation circumstances as on February 1 had stood at 12,312, and on March 12, it dipped to 586.

The variety of containment zones, which was additionally slowly falling on this interval, got here down to three,516 on March 12, in keeping with official figures shared by the well being division.

The surge in Covid circumstances in Delhi in the course of the third wave of the pandemic was largely as a result of Omicron variant of the virus which is extremely transmissible.

There are 10,579 beds for Covid sufferers in Delhi hospitals and 95 (0.9 per cent) of them have been occupied, in keeping with the newest bulletin.