New Delhi: A health worker collects swab sample of an air traveller for Covid-19 test, at T-3 terminal of Indira Gandhi International Airport
Highlights
- Delhi reported 1,410 new COVID-19 cases and 14 deaths in the last 24 hours.
- With this, the national capital's case count increased to 18,43,933.
- The number of COVID-19 tests conducted a day ago stood at 57,549.
Delhi on Sunday reported 1,410 new COVID-19 cases and 14 deaths, while the positivity rate dropped to 2.45 per cent, according to data shared by the health department. With this, the national capital's case count increased to 18,43,933 and the death toll climbed to 25,983, the latest bulletin stated.
The number of COVID-19 tests conducted a day ago stood at 57,549, it said. Delhi had on Saturday reported 1,604 cases with a positivity rate of 2.87 per cent, and 17 deaths. The number of daily cases in Delhi has been on the decline after touching the record high of 28,867 on January 13.
The city had recorded a positivity rate of 30.6 per cent on January 14, the highest during the ongoing wave of the pandemic. It took just 10 days for daily cases to drop below the 10,000-mark.
