A health worker prepares to administer COVISHIELD vaccine to an elderly man at a government hospital in Noida, a suburb of New Delhi.
New Delhi on Wednesday reported 536 new cases of coronavirus including 319 recoveries, and 3 deaths in the last 24 hours. The total caseload in the national capital now stands at 6,45,025 out of which 6,31,375 have recovered. A total of 10,948 have lost lives due to the contagious disease while 2,702 cases of Covid-19 are still active in the city.
The positivity rate in the national capital rose to 0.66 per cent. On Tuesday, 425 cases were recorded with a positivity rate of 0.61 per cent. A total of 585 cases were reported on January 1 and 424 on January 3.
A total of 80,856 tests, including 50,216 RT-PCR and 30,640 rapid antigen, were conducted on Tuesday, while the number of people under home isolation rose to 1,438 from 1,401 a day ago, it said.
(With inputs from PTI)
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