NEW DELHI: The capital on Friday recorded four more Covid deaths and 115 new cases, while the positivity rate stood at 0.15%.
The new fatalities pushed the toll due to the infection to 24,952.
The total tally is around 14.33 lakh.
Delhi recorded eight deaths and 109 fresh cases on Thursday as the positivity rate dipped to 0.14%.
On Wednesday, the city saw 111 cases and seven fatalities, while the positivity rate stood at 0.15%.
On Monday, the national capital recorded 89 coronavirus cases with a positivity rate of 0.16% — both the lowest this year so far— while 11 people died.
The city’s infection rate, which had reached 36% in the last week of April, has now dipped to below 0.2%.
Despite the recent fall in daily cases, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal has cautioned that chances of a third wave were quite real, asserting that Delhi government was preparing on a “war-footing” to combat the situation.
A total of 77,477 Covid tests, including 54,739 RT-PCR and 22,738 RAT, were conducted on Thursday, stated the latest health bulletin.
Delhi had been reeling under a brutal second wave.
On April 20, it saw over 28,000 Covid cases and 277 deaths.
The daily fatality count shot up to 306 on April 22.
On May 3, the city registered a record 448 deaths, according to official data.
However, the number of new cases has shown a downward trend lately and the positivity rate, too, has been shrinking over the past few days.
The number of deaths per day has also dipped.
Delhi has a total 23,692 Covid-19 beds, of them, only 1,044 are currently occupied.
The number of patients in home isolation is 503, while the number of containment zones is 2,048, the official data added.
4 more Covid deaths in Delhi, 115 new cases in 24 hours
