Delhi records 509 fresh COVID-19 cases, positivity rate crosses 25% mark
The Hindu
Delhi’s COVID-19 positivity rate breached the 25% mark on April 5 as the city recorded 509 fresh cases in a single day.
Delhi's COVID-19 positivity rate breached the 25% mark on April 5 as the city recorded 509 fresh cases in a single day.
The positivity rate stood at 26.54%, highest in nearly 15 months, while no new fatalities were logged.
It was in January last year that the positivity rate has touched the 30% mark.
Delhi had recorded 521 cases on April 4, the highest single-day rise since August 27 last year, and one fatality, according to data shared by the city health department.
The positivity rate stood at 15.64%.
The city had recorded 573 positive cases on August 27 last year with a positivity rate of 3.62% along with five deaths.
The city's COVID-19 death toll remains at 26,533.
No room for complacency till counting is completed, Chandrababu Naidu tells TDP-BJP-JSP contestants. The TDP-BJP-JSP alliance will register a comfortable victory in the general elections over the YSRCP, he says. Alleging that the YSRCP has conspired to create disturbances on the counting day, the TDP national president advises the chief counting agents and their teams to see to it that the officials adhere to norms related to counting.