Delhi records 959 fresh COVID-19 cases

Delhi on Tuesday recorded an over 50 percent rise in daily Covid cases to 959 while nine people died due to the viral disease, according to data shared by the city health department. However, the test positivity rate declined to 6.14 percent, as the fresh cases came out of 15,631 tests conducted the previous day, the department said in its latest bulletin.

With the fresh cases



and fatalities, Delhi's infection tally increased to 19,95,407 and the death toll to 26,436, it said. On Monday, Delhi had reported 625 fresh COVID-19 cases and seven deaths, while the positivity rate stood at 9.27 percent. The national capital on Sunday reported 942 cases with a positivity rate of 7.25 percent. A day before, it logged 1,109 cases with a positivity rate of 11.23 percent, and nine fatalities.