1,118 fresh COVID-19 cases, 26 deaths in Delhi in 24 hours

Delhi recorded 1,118 fresh COVID-19 cases and 26 deaths due to disease in last 24 hours, authorities said on Saturday. city has so far recorded a total of 1,36,716 coronavirus cases, of which 1,22,131 patients have eir recovered or migrated, y ded.  re are 10,596 active cases in national capital currently, of which 5,560 are under home isolation.

death toll due to disease has climbed to 3,989, according to latest Delhi health department bulletin.

As many as 5,140 RTPCR tests and 13,014 rapid-antigen tests were conducted in last 24 hours. A total of 10,50,939 tests have been conducted till date -- 55,312 tests for a population of 10 lakh -- bulletin said.

Over last week, number of new cases has grown by less than one per cent every day.

recovery rate of COVID-19 patients has increased to over 89 per cent in Delhi, bulletin said.

positivity rate in last 24 hours was 6.15 per cent.

Meanwhile, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal reviewed status of containment zones in Delhi. number of containment zones has been scaled down from 715 on July 27 to 496 on July 31.

move has reduced number of people contained from 3,48,099 on July 27 to 1,06,211 on July 31.