Covid positivity rate highest since Jan as city records 7 fatalities
The Morning Standard|August 10, 2022
THE national capital has reported 2,495 fresh Covid-19 cases with a positivity rate of 15.41 per cent and seven fatalities, according to the health department data shared on Tuesday.
Covid positivity rate highest since Jan as city records 7 fatalities

The city on Sunday saw 1,372 cases and six deaths as the positivity rate rose to 17.85 per cent, the highest since January 21, it said.

On January 21, the positivity rate stood at 18.04 per cent, as per the bulletin. The fresh cases came out of 16,187 tests conducted, the hebulletin stated.

With the fresh infections and fatalities, Delhi’s caseload increased to 19,73,394 and the death toll to 26,343, it said.

Delhi had reported 2,423 Covid-19 cases with a positivity rate of 14.97 per cent and two deaths, the data updated on Sunday said.

On Saturday, it recorded 2,311 cases with a positivity rate of 13.84 per cent.

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