Covid-19 pandemic: Delhi records 177 new cases and two deaths

Delhi recorded 177 fresh coronavirus cases and two fatalities linked to the disease, while the positivity rate stood at 0.51 per cent, according to data shared by the health department here.

With this, the national capital's infection count increased to 18,62,047, while the death toll mounted to 26,139, the latest health bulletin stated.

The number of COVID-19 tests conducted a day ago stood at 35,038, it said.

Delhi reported 158 COVID-19 cases and three deaths on Monday, while the positivity rate stood at 0.49 per cent.

Delhi had on Sunday recorded 249 cases with a positivity rate of 0.59 per cent, and zero death. The city had recorded no Covid death on March 5 as well.

The number of daily cases in Delhi has been on the decline after touching the record high of 28,867 on January 13. The city had recorded a positivity rate of 30.6 per cent on January 14, the highest during the ongoing wave of the pandemic.

Amid decline in daily cases of COVID-19 in Delhi, the number of patients under home isolation here has also significantly fallen in the last few weeks.

The total number home isolation cases as on February 1 had stood at 12,312, and on March 8, it dipped to 835.

The number of containment zones, which were also slowly falling in this period, also registered a dip in its count to 3,960 on March 8, according to official figures shared by the health department.

The surge in Covid cases in Delhi during the third wave of the pandemic was largely due to the Omicron variant of the virus which is highly transmissible.

There are 10,697 beds for Covid patients in Delhi hospitals and 87 (0.81 per cent) of them were occupied. A total of 87 Covid patients were in hospitals, the Tuesday's health department bulletin stated.