New Delhi

The national capital reported 1,009 fresh cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, the highest since February 10, according to a health bulletin of the Delhi government on Wednesday.

The city had reported 1,104 on February 10 this year. The active cases in the city rose to 2,641 which marks the highest after February 18 when Delhi witnessed 2,775 active cases.

The case positivity rate in the national capital reached 5.70 per cent which was 4.42 per cent on Tuesday.

According to the bulletin, 314 COVID patients recovered from the disease in the last 24 hours taking the total number of recoveries in the city since the onset of the pandemic to 18,41,890.

One patient succumbed to the virus during this period taking the death toll in the city to 26,161.

As many as 17,701 COVID samples were tested in the last 24 hours. The total number of tests conducted in the city so far rose to 3,76,00,234.

Under the vaccination drive of the government, 34,056 people were inoculated during this period taking the cumulative doses jabbed in the city till date to 3,29,87,480.

The city has administered 5,73,210 precaution doses so far.

Meanwhile, India continued to register an increase in its daily COVID-19 caseload as it reported 2,067 new infections during the last 24 hours, said the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Wednesday.
The country reported a total of 820 more COVID-19 cases on Wednesday than on Tuesday when it registered 1,247 new cases.