COVID-19: Steady rise in no. of active cases in Delhi since Aug 5, barring three days

number of active COVID-19 cases has shown a stey increase in Delhi since August 5, except on three days, when city recorded a marginal fall compared to previous days' figures, according to official data.

count of active cases was 10,072 in Delhi on August 5, while it stood at 9,897 on August 4. Since n, number of active cases reported daily has been in five digits.

Delhi recorded 1,544 fresh coronavirus cases on Tuesday, highest single-day spike in city so far in August, taking its tally to over 1.64 lakh, while death toll from disease mounted to 4,330, authorities said.

tally of active cases rose to 11,998 on Tuesday from 11,626 previous day, according to a Delhi health department bulletin.

figures of fresh and active cases have shown a rise in last several days, with Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal saying on Wednesday that daily COVID-19 tests will be doubled in Delhi to 40,000 within a week as re has been a marginal increase in number of coronavirus cases in city.

number of active cases h come down to a four-digit count on August 4 after a long time since cases h surged in preceding months.

On July 23, number of active cases stood at 14,554 in Delhi, falling to 10,705 on July 31.

On August 1, it furr dropped to 10,596 with 1,118 fresh cases reported that day and death toll was 3,989, according to figures shared earlier by Delhi health department.

After showing a grual slump till August 4 (9,897), it rose again from next day onwards, and steily increased till August 25, when tally of active cases was 11,998.

However, on three days between August 5 and 25 -- August 10, 16 and 24 -- figures registered a marginal fall compared to count on previous days.

On August 9, tally of active cases was 10,729 while total number of COVID-19 cases stood at over 1.45 lakh and death count at 4,111. On August 10, count of active cases slipped to 10,346.

Similarly, on August 15 and 16, count of active COVID-19 cases were 11,489 and 10,823 respectively.

On August 23 and 24, corresponding figures were 11,778 and 11,626 respectively, according to data.

positivity rate in Delhi has been fluctuating too over last few days. It was 5.2 per cent on August 17 and 7 per cent on August 21.

positivity rate stood at 7.7 per cent on Tuesday while recovery rate was over 90 per cent, according to bulletin.

A total of 1,47,743 COVID-19 patients have recovered from COVID-19 till date in Delhi, Tuesday's bulletin said.

However, recovery rate in national capital has hovered around or over 90 per cent in last few days, much higher than COVID-19 recovery rate at national level, which is over 76 per cent.

re are 7,07,267 actives COVID-19 cases in country presently, Union Health Ministry said on Wednesday.

dressing an online media briefing, Kejriwal said at present, 20,000 tests are being conducted in city per day, which he said, would be doubled.

Earlier in day, chief minister h called a high-level meeting to discuss rising number of coronavirus cases in Delhi.

Kejriwal said government has issued directions for a stringent enforcement of COVID-19 guidelines, ding that everyone should wear face masks and maintain social distancing at public places.

first coronavirus case was reported in Delhi on March 1. In last of week of March, a nationwide lockdown was imposed in view of COVID-19 situation across country.

While ecomy has slowly been allowed to re-open since June, re has been an increase in number of cases in Delhi since Unlock 1.0.

highest single-day spike of 3,947 cases was recorded in national capital on June 23.

In May also, a huge spike in number of cases was reported, with May 31 recording 1,295 fresh cases.

Medical experts conjectured on Tuesday that rise in number of daily cases in national capital in last few days could be attributed to patients from outside Delhi coming here for treatment, re-opening of ecomy and a low sensitivity of rapid-antigen tests.

previous highest single-day spike in cases in August was on Sunday at 1,450. Delhi has seen a fluctuation in number of vel coronavirus cases since beginning of this month.

For four days between August 10 and 22, city saw less than 1,000 fresh cases -- August 10 (707), August 13 (956), August 16 (652), and August 17 (787). 

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