Delhi records 98 COVID deaths, 5,482 fresh coronavirus cases

Delhi recorded 5,482 fresh COVID-19 cases on Friday, while 98 more fatalities pushed the death toll in the city to 8,909, the authorities said. The positivity rate was 8.51 percent. It was 8.65 percent on Thursday and 8.49 percent on Wednesday.       
As many as 64,455



tests, including 28,100 RT-PCR tests and 36,355 rapid antigen tests, were conducted the previous day for detection of the novel coronavirus disease, said a bulletin issued by the Delhi health department on Friday.

As many as 28,897 RT-PCR tests the highest till date in the city -- were conducted on Wednesday.