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Delhi records 440 new Covid cases, two deaths; positivity rate 0.83%

The number of daily cases in Delhi has been on the decline after touching the record high of 28,867 on January 13

A man gets a nose swab for a Covid-19 RT PCR test at a vaccination center in New Delhi, India, on Monday, Jan. 3, 2022. Photo: T. Narayan/Bloomberg

Press Trust of India New Delhi

Delhi on Friday reported 440 fresh COVID-19 cases and two deaths, while the positivity rate stood at 0.83 per cent, according to data shared by the city health department.

With this, the national capital's case count increased to 18,59,054 and the death toll climbed to 26,119, the latest health bulletin stated.

The number of COVID-19 tests conducted a day ago stood at 53,173, it said.

Delhi had on Friday recorded 460 cases with a positivity rate of 0.81 per cent, and two deaths.

On Thursday, it had reported 556 cases with a positivity rate of 1.10 per cent, and six deaths.

 

The number of daily cases in Delhi has been on the decline after touching the record high of 28,867 on January 13. The city had recorded a positivity rate of 30.6 per cent on January 14, the highest during the ongoing wave of the pandemic.

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First Published: Feb 26 2022 | 7:29 PM IST

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