The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare reported that the capital city has registered 20 new Covid cases and 1 fatality in the last 24 hours.
Yesterday, the city has reported 31 cases of Covid-19 and on Saturday, the number was 29. 71,634 tests were conducted during the same period. The positivity rate in the national capital stands at 0.04 per cent. An official report stated that Twenty-eight people have succumbed to the disease in Delhi this month so far. The cumulative death toll was 25,053 on July 31.
Delhi health minister Satyendar Jain said earlier in the day that the Covid-19 situation in the national capital is under control. He added that the Delhi government will add 6,800 more ICU beds in seven hospitals within six months.
Delhi battled a brutal second wave of the pandemic that claimed a large number of lives. On April 20, Delhi had reported 28,395 cases, the highest in the city since the beginning of the pandemic. On April 22, the case positivity rate was 36.2 per cent, the highest so far.
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