Delhi reports 4,483 new Covid-19 cases, 10.85% more than yesterday; 28 deaths

With this, the total caseload has jumped to 18,22,815. The related-death toll stood at 25,797 with 28 fresh fatalities.

Daily Covid-19 cases in Delhi saw a marginal rise after recording a steady decline for over a week. On Saturday, Delhi logged 4,483 new infections in the last 24 hours, a jump of 10.85 per cent than the preceding day. On Friday, the city had registered 4,044 cases of Covid-19, according to the data by the state health department.

The related-death toll stood at 25,797 with 28 fresh fatalities in Delhi. (PTI)

With this, the total caseload has jumped to 18,22,815. The related-death toll stood at 25,797 with 28 fresh fatalities.

The city has a total of 24,800 active cases and the daily positivity rate stood at 7.41 per cent, the data also showed.

The daily number of Covid-19 cases in Delhi has reduced significantly in the last one week from 28,867 logged on January 13, to now it is hovering above below 5,000-mark. However, the containment zones count are still significantly higher.

As of Saturday, the city has a total of 39,869, according to the state health department data.

A containment zone is created by authorities to check the spread of infection if at least three cases of coronavirus are recorded in a household or in a neighbourhood. If a household or a neighbourhood is put under a containment zone category, then movement of people in and out of that region is restricted.