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Business News/ News / India/  Delhi covid update: Positivity rate drops below 2.5% as 1,649 new cases reported
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Delhi covid update: Positivity rate drops below 2.5% as 1,649 new cases reported

As per the latest health bulletin, these new fatalities pushed the death toll due to COVID-19 in the national capital to 23,202

Morning yoga and meditation sessions by Stress Counsellors of ITBP at Sardar Patel Covid Care Centre, Radha Soami Beas, in New Delhi on Sunday. (ANI Photo)Premium
Morning yoga and meditation sessions by Stress Counsellors of ITBP at Sardar Patel Covid Care Centre, Radha Soami Beas, in New Delhi on Sunday. (ANI Photo)

Delhi recorded 1,649 fresh COVID-19 cases and 189 fatalities on Sunday, with the positivity rate in the city slipping to 2.42% data shared by the health department showed.

This is also the lowest daily spike in cases recorded since March 30 (992) and the first time that the count has gone below the 2,000-mark since April 1, when 2,790 people tested positive for the infection.

As per the latest health bulletin, these new fatalities pushed the death toll due to COVID-19 in the national capital to 23,202.

The positivity rate was 5.5 per cent on Thursday and 4.76 per cent on Friday.

Delhi had recorded 3,846 COVID-19 cases and 235 deaths on Wednesday, 3,231 cases and 233 deaths on Thursday, and 3,009 cases and 252 deaths on Friday.

In an online briefing, Kejriwal announced extension of the ongoing lockdown in Delhi by another week, saying the process of unlocking will start from May 31 in a phased manner if the number of COVID-19 cases continues to decline.

In the past 24 hours, Delhi recorded around 1,600 positive cases and the positivity rate went further down to below 2.5 per cent, he said.

"I consulted many people and the general opinion favoured a lockdown extension for one week. So, the Delhi government has decided that the lockdown will be extended to 5 AM on May 31," he said.

Kejriwal said the lockdown was required so that the gains made after much struggle are not lost.

He said he was in talks with vaccine manufacturers to ensure that the vaccine was available in Delhi, and asserted that his government was ready to spend any amount for it.

A total of 68,043 tests, including 46,745 RT-PCR tests, were conducted a day ago, according to the health bulletin on Sunday.

The number of cumulative cases on Sunday stood at 14,16,868. Over 13.6 lakh patients have recovered from the virus.

The number of active cases decreased to 27,610 on Sunday from 31,308 a day before.

The number of people under home isolation dipped to 15,844 from 18,060 on Sunday while the number of containment zones dropped to 46,570 from 48,429 a day before, the bulletin said.

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Published: 23 May 2021, 03:03 PM IST
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