According to the health bulletin, Delhi registered 4524 new COVID19 cases on Monday, bringing the total number of cases to 13,98,391. This is down from the 6,456 coronavirus infections that were recorded on Sunday. According to the bulletin, there are 56,049. active cases in the national capital.
With 340 deaths today, the death rate has risen to 21,846, while overall recoveries have reached 13,20,496 and a total of 10,918 persons have been discharged, according to the bulletin.
The city’s positivity score fell to 8.42 percent from 10.40 percent the day before. According to the bulletin, 41,849 swab tests were performed around the region in the last 24 hours.
The number of COVID recoveries in the national capital has been greater than the number of infections since May 8, according to government statistics. According to the numbers, nearly 91,500 people in Delhi have recovered from COVID-19 in the last week, compared to 70,000 infections found during the same time span.
According to the study, the total number of cases rose from 13.23 lakh on May 9 to 13.93 lakh on May 16. At that time, recoveries increased from 12.17 lakh to 13.09 lakh. In addition, the number of open cases in the city has dropped from 85,258 on May 10 to 62,783 in the same time frame. In the last fortnight, the outbreak claimed the lives of 1,843 people in the capital, a total of 263 people a day. According to health reports, the death rate increased from 19,663 on May 10 to 21,506 on May 16.
The city’s positivity score has also dropped significantly. On April 22, a positivity rate of 36.2 percent was reported, the highest so far, while on Sunday, the positivity rate in Delhi was 10.40 percent, the lowest since April 11.
Meanwhile, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal extended the lockout for another week on Sunday. Kejriwal announced the decision by saying that Delhi has been recovering at a reasonable pace and that the number of cases has been steadily declining.
“But I don’t want to squander the momentum we’ve made in the last few days. That is why, rather than completing the lockout tomorrow (May 17), we are extending it until 5 a.m. on Monday “According to the chief minister.
