954 fresh corona cases take Delhi tally to 1,23,747; death toll climbs to 3,663

Delhi recorded 954 fresh coronavirus cases on Monday, taking the tally in the city to over 1.23 lakh, while the death toll from the disease rose to 3,663, authorities said. For the last nine days, fresh cases were being reported in the range of 1,000-2,000 consecutively.

On Monday, the cases dipped to three-figure count. Thirty-five fatalities have been recorded in the last 24 hours, according to the Delhi health department bulletin.

On Friday, the city had reported 26 deaths, the lowest single-day COVID-19 fatality count since June 9. The number of fresh cases on Friday stood at 1,462.

The active cases tally on Monday was 15,166, down from 16,031, the previous day.  Delhi had crossed the 1,000-mark in COVID-19 tally on April 11, when 166 fresh cases were reported. The death toll on that stood at 29. May and June saw a big rise in the number of cases, with May 31 recording 1,295 fresh incidents.

The month of June largely saw a spike in cases every day. The lowest number of cases in that month was reported on June 1 (990), when the death toll stood at 523 and the total number of cases at 20,834. On June 23, the national capital had reported the highest single-day spike of 3,947 cases, till date.

However, from July 11-19, cases have been recorded in the range of 1,000-2,000. The number of fresh cases reported on July 19 stood at 1,211. The death toll from COVID-19 in Delhi stood at 3,628 on Sunday.

The Monday bulletin said the death toll from the coronavirus infection has risen to 3,663 and the total number of cases mounted to 1,23,747.  According to the bulletin, 1,04,918 patients have recovered, been discharged or migrated so far.

The number of Rapid Antigen Tests conducted on Monday stood at 7,293 while the RT-PCR, CBNAAT and True NAAT tests figures were 4,177, in all adding to 11,470, according to the bulletin.

The total number of tests done till date in Delhi stands at 8,30,459. The number of tests done per million, as on Monday was 43,708, it said. On Monday, the number of containment zones in the city stood at 696.