Daily tests dip further as new cases drop, positivity at 27.9%

Even as the Capital on Monday reported 12,527 new Covid-19 cases, the daily positivity rate rose marginally to 27.99 per cent with the number of daily tests dropping down to below 45,000 — the lowest since November last year as Health Minister Satyendar Jain claimed that their data showed that weekend curfew and other curbs were working.

COVID-19 DELHI COUNT

• ACTIVE CASES 83,982
• DEATH TOLL 25,387

OUR CORRESPONDENT

The city added 24 more deaths from the virus to its toll on Monday.

While the significant drop in testing does coincide with the weekend curfew, daily tests in the city have been dropping ever since the Centre’s new testing guidelines came into force. Despite this, Jain has said that Delhi is conducting three times the number of tests recommended by the ICMR.

Monday’s daily case count was 31 per cent lower than the corresponding figure of over 18,000 on Sunday, with 65,621 tests being conducted on Saturday. Delhi had reported 18,286 fresh Covid cases and 28 deaths on Sunday, while the positivity rate had dropped to 27.87 per cent from 30.64 per cent the previous day.