Delhi records 239 new coronavirus cases, positivity rate rise to 0.50%

The new cases came from 47,689 tests, including 35,968 RT-PCR tests and 11,721 rapid antigen tests, conducted the previous day, the bulletin said

Delhi recorded 239 new COVID-19 cases and three deaths on Monday, as the positivity rate rose to 0.50 per cent, the Health Department said.

The new cases came from 47,689 tests, including 35,968 RT-PCR tests and 11,721 rapid antigen tests conducted the previous day, the bulletin issued by the department said.

The number of active cases stood at 1,730 on Monday. Three new deaths took the toll to 10,924, according to the data.

The positivity rate rose to 0.50 per cent from 0.31 per cent a day before.

On Sunday, 286 new cases and two deaths were recorded. The city had registered 321 new coronavirus cases, the highest daily count in nearly one-and-a-half months, and a death on Saturday, and 312 cases and a fatality on Friday.

On Monday, 239 new coronavirus cases were recorded, taking the infection tally to 6,41,340, the bulletin said.

A total of 585 new cases were reported on January 1 and 384 on January 4. It had dropped to 306 on January 11 and risen again to 386 on January 12, according to official figures.

The numbers had started to come down the next month, and on February 26, 256 cases were recorded, the highest daily count in February.

However, since early March, cases were again seen on the rise.

Health experts and doctors have attributed this "sudden rise" in the number of cases to complacency among people, not following COVID-19-appropriate behaviour and "assuming all is well now".

The number of people under home isolation rose to 947 on Monday from 937 on Saturday, the bulletin said, adding that over 6.28 lakh people had recovered till date.