Delhi records 625 new Covid-19 cases, 7 fatalities; positivity rate at 9.27%

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• Aug 22, 2022 | Dhupali Das

On January 13 of this year, during the third wave of the pandemic, Delhi saw a record-breaking 28,867 daily COVID-19 cases...

Digital Desk: Delhi reported 625 new Covid-19 cases and seven deaths on Monday, with a positive rate of 9.27 percent, according to data shared by the city health department.

In its latest bulletin, the department stated that the new cases were derived from 6,744 tests performed the previous day.

With the new cases and fatalities, Delhi's infection total has risen to 19,94,448 and the death toll has risen to 26,427, it said.

Delhi recorded 942 Covid-19 cases on Sunday, with a 7.25 percent positivity rate.

There were nine deaths and 1,109 cases, with a positive rate of 11.23 percent on Saturday.

Last Monday, the city recorded eight deaths and 1,227 cases, with a positivity rate of 14.57 percent.

Previously, Delhi had recorded over 2,000 cases in 12 consecutive days.

In Delhi, there are currently 4,645 active Covid-19 cases, down from 5,141 the day before. According to the bulletin, as many as 3,560 patients are in home isolation.

Reportedly, 475 of the 9,422 beds designated for Covid-19 patients at various hospitals in Delhi are currently filled. Moreover, the city has 310 containment zones.

Despite the high positivity rate, the city government is not implementing the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) devised by the Delhi Disaster Management Authority since hospital admissions are low.

The GRAP, which came into effect in August of last year, mandated that the government take actions based on the positive rate and bed occupancy for locking and unlocking of various operations.

On January 13 of this year, during the third wave of the pandemic, Delhi saw a record-breaking 28,867 daily COVID-19 cases.

On January 14, the city registered a positive rate of 30.6 percent, the highest during the pandemic's third wave.