According to the health department data released on Sunday by the Delhi government showed, Delhi reported zero daily deaths due to Covid-19 for the third consecutive day on Sunday and 24 new cases of the infection, while the positivity rate stood at 0.04 per cent. Since the beginning of the second wave of the pandemic, this is the third time that the national capital has logged zero deaths due to the disease in a day.
The new cases push the overall infection tally in the city to 14,37,317. Of these, over 14.11 lakh patients have recovered from the disease, and the death toll stands at 25,079, showed a bulletin issued by the department. However, twenty-six people have died to the disease this month so far. The cumulative death toll was counted to 25,053 on July 31.
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On Saturday, the capital reported 19 Covid-19 cases, the lowest since April 15 last year when 17 people were diagnosed with the disease. On Friday, the capital reported 57 cases of coronavirus infection, as the positivity rate stood at 0.08 per cent.
The bulletin showed, there are 398 active cases of the disease in Delhi at present, and 129 of them are under home isolation. The number of containment zones stands at 236. Since the beginning of the pandemic, on April 20, Delhi had reported 28,395 cases, the highest in the city.
Delhi fought a brutal second wave of the pandemic that claimed a massive number of lives, with the shortage of oxygen at hospitals across the city adding to the woes. On April 22, the case positivity rate was 36.2 per cent, the highest so far.
The highest number of 448 daily deaths was reported on May 3. The city government has been ramping up health infrastructure to prevent a repeat of the crisis witnessed during the peak of the second wave of the pandemic in April and May. According to officials, around 160 PSA oxygen generation plants with a total capacity of 148.11 metric tonnes are being installed at various government and private hospitals in the city.
Steps have been taken to increase the number of hospital beds to accommodate up to 37,000 cases a day and to become self-reliant in terms of oxygen supply.
