Highlight
- Delhi reports 280 fresh COVID-19 cases, with positivity rate of 4.21 per cent
- Fresh cases were reported out of 6,645 tests conducted on the previous day
- The capital had reported 433 COVID-19 cases on Sunday with a positivity rate of 2.96 per cent
According to health department data, Delhi on Monday reported 280 fresh COVID-19 cases with a positivity rate of 4.21 per cent. No new deaths were recorded. With the fresh infections and fatalities, Delhi’s COVID-19 caseload climbed to 19,41,015 and the death toll climbed to 26,284, a health department bulletin said.
The fresh cases were reported out of 6,645 tests conducted on the previous day, it said.
The capital had reported 433 COVID-19 cases on Sunday with a positivity rate of 2.96 per cent and two deaths. On Saturday, it recorded 544 COVID-19 cases with a positivity rate of 3.37 per cent and two fatalities.
The capital recorded 531 cases on Friday with a positivity rate of 3.13 per cent and three deaths.
Of the 9,469 beds for COVID-19 patients in Delhi hospitals, only 131 were occupied on Monday. The bulletin states that beds in covid care centers and covid health centers are lying vacant.
The number of active cases in Delhi has come down to 1,942 from 2,146 on the previous day. It said that 1,553 patients are in home isolation.
It states that there are 279 containment zones in the capital.
The national capital has reported a few cases of Omicron’s ba.4 and ba.5 sub-variants, which are highly transmissible, but experts have asked people not to panic as these sub-variants do not cause serious infections. .