Delhi sees over 10K coronavirus cases in 6 days

COVID-19 tally climbed by over 10,000 and breached 40,000 mark in just six days in Delhi with an aver of over 1,600 new cases on a daily basis, a sharp spike from 79 days it took to reach 10,000 mark, according to an analysis. It took eight days for number of cases to rise from 20,000 to 30,000 in Delhi, while it took 13 days for tally to progress from 10,000 to 20,000.

According to analysis of Delhi government data, number of cases crossed 30,000 mark on June 9 and it crossed 40,000 mark on June 14. Delhi recorded 2,224 fresh coronavirus cases on Sunday in highest single-day spike, taking tally to over 41,000, while death toll due to pandemic mounted to 1,327.

On Saturday, tally was 38,958 cases, including 2,134 new ones, while number of fatalities was 1,271. On Friday, Delhi h recorded highest single-day spike of 2,137 cases, which h taken tally to 36,824, while death toll was 1,214. On June 11, re was also a highest single-day spike of 1,877 new cases, which took tally to 34,687.

previous biggest single-day spike was on June 3, when city witnessed 1,513 fresh coronavirus cases. Delhi reported its first COVID-19 case on March 1, when a businessman in east Delhi was diagsed with disease after returning from Italy. By May 18, city h reported 10,054 cases at an aver of nearly 127 instances of infection daily. In next 13 days, tally rose to 19,844, Delhi government data shows. number of deaths also saw a three-fold increase -- from 160 till May 18 to 473 by May 31.

On May 28, Delhi recorded over 1,000 fresh cases for first time. It reported over 1,000 coronavirus cases for four days in a row from May 28-31. On May 31, as many as 1,295 fresh cases were reported, while on May 30, 1,163 cases were detected. May 29 saw an dition of 1,106 cases, while day before, 1,024 new cases were ded to tally. On June 1, re were 990 new cases, but from June 2 onwards, daily spike was above 1,000.

Amid surge in coronavirus cases, Delhi government has said current doubling rate of infection in city is 14 days. By that estimation, it will see over 56,000 cases in next two weeks. cases will explode to 5.5 lakh by July-end, government h said.