With 14 new COVID-related fatalities on Friday, the country’s total number of deaths rose to 5,24,817.
Highlight
- 1,795 new COVID-19 cases and one death have been reported in Delhi in the last 24 hours
- The positivity rate in the national capital stood at 8.18%
- India reports over 12,000 new COVID-19 cases for the second consecutive day by logging 12,847 cases
Delhi reported 1,795 new COVID-19 cases and one death in the last 24 hours, according to data released by the city’s health department. This is a massive increase of 30% from Thursday when the city had 1,323 infections.
The positivity rate in the national capital rose to 8.18 per cent, the data further revealed.
This is the third consecutive day that Delhi has recorded over 1,300 cases in a day. The capital has registered over 1,000 daily cases for the fourth day in a row.
In the last 24 hours, 901 COVID patients have recovered from the disease, taking the total number of recoveries in the city to 18,87,956.
During this, one patient lost his life. The death toll in the city rose to 26,226.
According to the bulletin, 21,978 COVID samples were tested in the last 24 hours. Under the vaccination drive, 26,806 beneficiaries were given the COVID vaccine. The total number of vaccines administered so far in the city has gone up to 3,46,03,995.
Meanwhile, India recorded over 12,000 fresh COVID-19 cases for the second consecutive day by logging 12,847 cases in the last 24 hours, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare informed on Friday.
After a gap of more than three months, India saw a surge in the number of COVID-19 cases as the country recorded 12,213 fresh COVID-19 infections on Thursday.
On February 26 this year, 11,499 COVID-19 cases were reported in India. On Wednesday, India had already reported 8,641 new cases of the virus.
With these figures, the country’s COVID-19 tally rose to 4,32,70,577 today. India’s active COVID-19 caseload currently stands at 63,063, which is 0.15 per cent of the total cases.
With 14 new COVID-related fatalities on Friday, the country’s total number of deaths rose to 5,24,817.
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