India logs 5,676 new Covid case
On Monday, the daily positivity rate was at 2.88 per cent and the weekly positivity rate was 3.81 per cent).
On Monday, the daily positivity rate was at 2.88 per cent and the weekly positivity rate was 3.81 per cent).
In a concerning development, the national capital reported 416 fresh Covid cases on Saturday, the highest daily count in over seven months, as per the health bulletin issued by the health department.
According to a bulletin issued by the Delhi Health department, the Capital did not register a single death from Covid over the last 24 hours.
In view of the rise in fresh Covid-19 cases in the national capital over the past few days, the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) on Wednesday decided to make wearing masks mandatory in public places in the city and also reinforce the Rs 500 penalty for defying the norm, the sources said.
The positivity rate that had gone up to more than 37 per cent has also reduced to around 23 per cent in the last seven days.
No loss of life due to the coronavirus infection was reported from anywhere in the city during the past 24 hours. The city's hospitals released 67 patients of the virus who got cured after remaining hospitalised for a few days.
According to the latest health bulletin issued by the Delhi government, the city recorded 47 positive cases of Covid-19 following 43,337 tests done all over the national capital.
The state's death toll rose to 32,644 and the city's toll to 15,263 since the pandemic broke out in mid-March a year ago.
There are 69,333 active cases in the state at present. In the last 24 hours, 8,836 patients recovered, taking the total recoveries to 7,64,673. The state tested 68,778 samples on Wednesday.
The State’s recovery rate currently stands at 91.03% with as many as 7,56,641 cured of the disease so far. Odisha currently has 71,312 active cases, which account for 8.58% of total positive cases registered in the State.
