Delhi records 4,263 cases, COVID-19 tally 2.25 lakh; over 62K tests

Delhi’s COVID-19 tally mounted to over 2.25 lakh after 4,263 fresh cases were reported on Tuesday, with authorities conducting a record 62,669 tests in the national capital.

Thirty-six fatalities pushed the death toll in the national capital to 4,806, according to the latest bulletin issued by the Delhi health department.

Three of these 36 deaths are from the previous day.The death toll from COVID-19 in Delhi stood at 4,770 on Monday.

The active cases tally on Tuesday rose to 29,787 from 28,641 on the previous day, as per the bulletin.

The Tuesday bulletin said that the death toll from the coronavirus infection has risen to 4,806 and the total number of cases have climbed to 2,25,796. The number of containment zones in Delhi jumped to 1,560 on Tuesday from 1,517 on the previous day.

The Delhi government has also significantly ramped up testing in the past few days.

The number of tests conducted and corresponding fresh cases reported from September 1-14 in that order are: 14,389 (1,358); 20,437 (2,024); 24,198 (2,312); 28,835 (2,509); 32,834 (2,737); 36,219 (2,914) 38,895 (2,973); 36,046 (3,256); 22,954 (2,077); 45,797 (3,609); 54,517 (4,039); 58,340 (4,308); 60,580 (4,266); 60,076 (4,321); 56,656 (4,235) and 44,884 (3,229).

On Tuesday again, over 4,000 cases were recorded for the 62,669 tests conducted the previous day.

The number of rapid-antigen tests conducted on Monday stood at 52,271 while the RT-PCR, CBNAAT and True NAAT tests figures were 10,398 in all adding to 62,669, according to the Tuesday bulletin.

The number of tests done per million, as on Tuesday was over 1.18 lakh while the total number of tests stood at over 22.46 lakh.

The positivity rate on Tuesday stood at 6.8 per cent while the recovery rate was over 84 per cent, the bulletin said, adding that the case fatality rate stood at 2.13 per cent. Health Minister Satyendar Jain in a meeting with medical directors and medical superintendents of all Delhi government hospitals reviewed the status of testing. Meanwhile, Delhi Chief Secretary Vijay Dev reviewed COVID-19 management along with district magistrates in a meeting, according to the bulletin. Since August 18, cases again have been coming in four-figure count in the city.

According to the bulletin, out of the total number of beds in COVID hospitals, 7,824 are vacant. It said that 2,649 beds in COVID care centres are occupied by persons under quarantine, including travellers who have returned by Vande Bharat Mission and bubble flights. The bulletin said that 1,91,203 patients have recovered, been discharged or migrated so far. The number of people in home isolation stands at 16,576.