Delhi Reports 606 Fresh Covid-19 Cases In Last 24 Hours, Highest Since August Last Year

Delhi COVID-19 Tally Latest News: Delhi reported 606 fresh Covid cases — the highest since last August — on Thursday with a positivity rate of 16.98 per cent, as per data shared by the city government's Health department.

Delhi COVID-19 Tally Latest News: Delhi reported 606 fresh Covid cases — the highest since last August — on Thursday with a positivity rate of 16.98 per cent, as per data shared by the city government’s Health department. The health bulletin said one more Covid-positive person died in the city. However, “Covid finding was incidental”, it added. The national capital recorded 620 COVID-19 cases on August 26, 2022.

Delhi COVID-19 Tally For This Week

• Wednesday: Delhi’s COVID-19 positivity rate breached the 26.54 per cent mark as the city recorded 509 fresh cases in a single day. In January last year, the positivity rate had touched the 30-per cent mark.
• Tuesday: The capital recorded 521 cases on Tuesday, the highest single-day rise since August 27 last year, and one fatality, according to data shared by the city health department. The positivity rate stood at 15.64 per cent.

Delhi COVID-19 Death Toll

At present, the city’s COVID-19 death toll stands at 26,534, according to the bulletin. With the fresh cases, Delhi’s infection tally has risen to 20,12,670. The data showed that 3,569 Covid tests were held on Wednesday. The Delhi government is keeping an eye on the spurt in Covid cases in the national capital and is “prepared to face any eventuality”, CM Arvind Kejriwal was quoted as saying by the news agency PTI. Addressing reporters after chairing a review meeting on the Covid situation, Kejriwal had said there was no need to worry for now and that the city government was taking all required steps.

The number of fresh cases had seen a decline in the last few months in Delhi, and it had dropped to zero on January 16, the first time since the outbreak of the pandemic.As per a PTI report, nearly 120 of the 7,989 beds are occupied in dedicated Covid hospitals in the city, while 1,174 patients are in home isolation, the health department said. The number of active cases of the infection currently stands at 1,795, it said.

Delhi COVID-19 Tally For The Past Week

• Saturday: Delhi saw 416 fresh Covid-19 cases with a positivity rate of 14.37 per cent.
• Thursday: The city recorded 295 coronavirus cases with a positivity rate of 12.48 per cent.
• Wednesday: The national capital logged 300 cases and two deaths. The positivity rate was 13.89 per cent.
• Tuesday and Monday: Delhi logged 214 cases with a positivity rate of 11.82 per cent on Tuesday, 115 cases with a positivity rate of 7.45 per cent on Monday, and 153 cases with a positivity rate of 9.13 per cent last Sunday.

XBB.1.16 variant of virus could be driving the surge: Medical Experts

Amid a gradual increase in the number of coronavirus cases in Delhi, medical experts say the new XBB.1.16 variant of the virus could be driving the surge. However, they maintain that there is no need to panic and people should follow Covid-appropriate behaviour and get booster shots of the vaccines. They also say this rise in the number of cases could be a result of more people getting themselves tested for Covid as a precaution when they actually get infected with the influenza virus and develop fever and related symptoms.