Delhi records 35 more COVID-19 deaths, toll rises to 5,981; infection tally 3.27 lakh

national capital recorded 35 COVID-19 fatalities on Saturday, taking death toll to 5,981, while 3,259 fresh cases pushed infection tally to over 3.27 lakh, authorities said.

se fresh cases came out of 55,715 tests conducted previous day.

On October 10 and September 29 as well, 48 fatalities were reported in city, highest number of deaths recorded in a day since July 16, when Delhi saw 58 fatalities.

Thirty-five more fatalities have been recorded, taking death toll to 5,981, according to latest bulletin issued by Delhi health department.

tally of active cases on Saturday slightly rose to 22,884 from 22,814 previous day.

total number of cases has climbed to 3,27,818, bulletin ded. number of containment zones in Delhi slightly increased to 2,751 from 2,741 on Friday.

positivity rate on Saturday stood at 5.85 per cent while recovery rate crossed 91 per cent, bulletin said, ding that case fatality rate stood at 1.83 per cent.

According to bulletin, out of total number of 15,706 beds in COVID hospitals, 10,678 are vacant.

It said 1,009 beds in COVID care centres are occupied by persons under quarantine, including travellers who have returned under Vande Bharat Mission and by bubble flights.

Delhi government has significantly ramped up testing in past few days, with count on several times crossing 60,000-mark.

number of Rapid Antigen Tests conducted on Friday stood at 40,178 while RT-PCR, CBNAAT and True NAAT tests figures were 15,537 in all ding to 55,715, according to bulletin.

number of tests done per million as on Saturday was over 2.07 lakh while total number of tests stood at over 39 lakh.

bulletin said 298853 patients have recovered, been discharged or migrated so far.

Since September, daily cases h begun to rise in city. From last week of September, it h started to come down a bit.

number of people in home isolation slightly rose to 13,436 on Saturday compared to 13,152 previous day.