Delhi adds 1,375 new Covid cases as daily positivity rate crosses 7%; no fatality in last 24 hours

With this, the national capital's cumulative infection tally has reached 1,915,905, a state health department bulletin showed.

Delhi's cumulative Covid-19 tally rose by more than 1,000 fresh infections for a second straight day, with as many as 1,375 people testing positive in the last 24 hours, the Union territory government's health department bulletin showed on Wednesday. With this, the national capital's overall caseload stands at 1,915,905, as per the bulletin.

Delhi sees over 1,000 fresh Covid-19 cases for second straight day. (Representative Image)

However, the city did not see any Covid-related fatality in this period, while 909 more patients defeated the virus. Thus far, Delhi has seen 26,223 deaths due to this viral disease, while there have also been 1,886,039 recoveries. Total active cases, meanwhile, are at 3,643, according to the official data.

Recoveries, deaths and active cases constitute 98.44 per cent, 1.37 per cent and 0.19 per cent of the total infections.

Meanwhile, the daily positivity rate rose to 7.01 per cent, up from 6.50 per cent a day ago, when, out of 17,210 samples tested for Covid-19, the number of those testing positive stood at 1,118. In the last 24 hours, 19,622 samples returned positive test results.

In the last few days, Delhi has seen a rapid and alarming increase in its daily Covid-19 cases. On June 11, 12 and 13, the metropolis added 795, 735 and 614 new infections respectively. On the other hand, the daily fatalities from June 11-14 were recorded at zero, three, zero and two, respectively.