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Delhi's single-day Covid-19 tally drops to 66; lone death takes toll to 25,023
The cumulative Covid-19 postive cases at the national capital stands at 14,35,419 while the case fatality rate is at 1.74%, the Delhi government's health bulletin showed.
Delhi recorded 66 new cases of coronavirus infection (Covid-19) in a single day, data released by the Union territory's government on Friday showed. The national capital reported only a single fatality from the virus in the previous 24 hours, taking the cumulative death toll to 25,023.
Friday's case count is the result of 76,459 samples that were tested, and takes Delhi's cumulative Covid-19 tally to 14,35,419 while the cumulative positivity rate stands at 6.34%.
It is also a slight improvement from Thursday's when 72 cases of infection were recorded. The active case in the national capital is now at 657.
As many as 79 people were declared cured of the viral infection during the 24-hour span, taking the total recoveries from Covid-19 to 14,09,739.
The Delhi government data also showed 33,186 people were vaccinated against the coronavirus in the previous 24 hours, out of which 11,997 beneficiaries got their second jab during this time. Delhi has so far vaccinated 91,71,272 people since the Centre launched the inoculation drive in January this year.
