Delhi’s Covid positivity rate dips below 3% for second consecutive day
However, despite the drop in the positivity rates, the reported number of deaths daily continues to remain high—207 deaths were reported on Monday.
At a Covid-19 isolation centre in New Delhi. Delhi reported a positivity rate below 3% for the second consecutive day on Monday, with 1,550 Covid-19 cases reported in the city in the past 24 hours.
The positivity rate on Monday, at 2.52%, was marginally higher than that of Sunday, which was 2.42%. In total, 61,506 people were tested in the past 24 hours of whom 1,550 tested positive.
Since May 21, the city has been reporting a positivity rate below 5% which has been gradually decreasing, from 4.56% to 3.58%, to below 3% for the last two days.
At the peak of the ongoing wave, Delhi saw its highest positivity rate at 36.24% a little over a month ago on April 22 and over 28,000 new cases in a day on April 20. However, despite the drop in the positivity rates, the reported number of deaths daily continues to remain high—207 deaths were reported on Monday.
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