Delhi: 729 new Covid cases, 2 deaths as positivity rate climbs to 5.57%

NEW DELHI: Delhi on Sunday logged 729 fresh coronavirus cases and two fatalities due to the disease as the positivity rate climbed to 5.57%, according to the health bulletin released by the state health department.
This is the third consecutive day when over 700 cases have been reported in the national capital. With this, the national capital’s Covid-19 infection tally climbed to 19,48,492 and the death toll to 26,301, the latest bulletin stated.
The number of active cases of the disease in Delhi now stands at 2,696 up from 2,489 the previous day. As many as 1,846 Covid-19 patients are under home isolation, the bulletin showed. The fresh cases were detected out of 13,097 Covid-19 tests conducted the previous day. On Saturday, Delhi saw 738 new coronavirus cases and one death due to the disease. The positivity stood at 5.04%.
On Friday, it recorded 712 coronavirus cases with a positivity rate of 4.47% and one death. On Thursday, the city logged 649 Covid-19 cases with a positivity rate of 4.06% and one death.
The city on Wednesday saw 686 Covid-19 cases with a positivity rate of 4.74%. On Tuesday, it recorded 585 cases with a positivity rate of 4.35% and two deaths. Of the 9,488 beds for Covid-19 patients in Delhi hospitals, only 137 were occupied on Sunday. Beds at Covid care centres and Covid health centres were lying vacant, the latest bulletin said.
There are 186 containment zones in the city at present, it added. Delhi has reported a few cases of the BA.4 and the BA.5 sub-variants of Omicron.