The capital recorded 212 fresh Covid-19 cases and 25 fatalities on Wednesday, while the positivity rate dipped. According to the latest health bulletin, the new fatalities pushed the death toll to 24,876. On Tuesday the city saw 228 cases with 0.32% postivity rate and 12 deaths. Since april both daily cases and single-day death count has been spiralling. Over 28,000 cases and 27 deaths were recorded on April 20. On May, the city registered a record 448 deaths, stated the official data. However, the number of cases has shown a downward trend and the positivity rate, too, has been shrinking in the past several days. The number of deaths per day has also seen a decline in the past couple of days. The infection rate, which had reached 36% in the last week of April, has come down to below 1%. Rapid antigen tests, were conducted in the past hours, said the health buletin on Wednesday. The number of cummulative cases stood at, while over 14 lakh patients have recovered from the virus. The number of active cases decreased to on Wendesay from a day before, the bulletin said. The number of people under home isolation dipped to from Tuesday, while the number of containment zones dropped from a day before, it added. Covid beds occupied, the occupancy rate reduced to 6%. Even ICU beds were easily ICU beds were occupied by patients admitted a fortnight ago or before, including patients with secondary infections like mucormycosis, a doctor said. A case against unknown, persons has been registered for allegedly hurting religious sentiments by posting objectionable content on social media. The FIR was registered on Tuesday after a resident of south Delhi informed police about objectionable content related to three religious gurus he received on his group and as a personal message.
