New Delhi, Aug 16 : The capital city of India Tuesday saw a dramatic decrease in the total number of new Covid cases, which stood at 917 in contrast to the 1,227 cases that were reported earlier in the day, according to the health bulletin released by the Delhi government.Within the same span the city was notified of three Covid related deaths.
However it is worth noting that the Covid positive percentage of the city has increased up to 19.20 percent, which is the highest in seven months.In the past, the city recorded a Covid positive rate of 21.48 percent on the 20th of January.
The total number of active cases is in the capital city of the nation at 6,867.Out of which 5,387 are in isolation at home.
With 1,566 patients undergoing recovery in the past 24 hours the number of recovery cases has increased to 19,53,480.
The total of 4,775 new tests — including 4,144 RT-PCR and 631 Rapid Antigen -were carried out in the past 24 hours, and 6,724 vaccines were given in the past 24 hours – – 216 first doses 1,072 second doses and 5,436 doses of precautionary doses.
The number of vaccine-affected beneficiaries to date is 3,60,86,300 in accordance with the health bulletin.
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