Delhi's daily Covid-19 caseload rises to 72; city sees 1 new death due to virus

According to Saturday's data, there are 565 active Covid-19 cases in the city, increasing from 516 on August 6.

Delhi witnessed a rise in its daily new cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) as 72 people tested positive in the last 24 hours, taking its cumulative Covid-19 infection count to 1,436,695, a health department bulletin showed on Saturday. Daily deaths due to the viral disease fell to 1, while 22 new recoveries were logged in this period, the bulletin showed further.

A health worker administers a dose of Covid-19 vaccine to a beneficiary, at a government school at DDU Marg in Delhi (Raj K Raj/HT)

On August 6, Delhi reported 44 new cases, five fatalities and 41 recoveries from the preceding 24-hour period.

According to Saturday's data, the Capital's cumulative recovery count has risen to 1,411,064 while the toll stands at 25,066. Meanwhile, there are 565 active infections in the city, increasing from 516 on Friday. Recoveries, deaths and active cases constitute 98.21%, 1.74% and 0.04% of the overall caseload respectively.

There was a rise in the test positivity rate as well, which stood at 0.10%, as against 0.06% in the previous 24-hour bulletin. Also, 73,681 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of tests done till now to 24,155,020.

In terms of vaccination, authorities administered shots to 83,841 more beneficiaries, of whom 49,825 received their first dose while 34,016 were vaccinated with their second dose. The cumulative vaccination coverage in the national capital has thus reached 10,555,571, of whom 7,680,105 beneficiaries have been administered their first jab while the corresponding number of those who have received both jabs is at 2,875,466.