Covid Cases In India: Delhi Logs Single-Day Jump Of 238 Patients, Sees Marginal Dip In Positivity

Delhi on Sunday recorded a jump of 238 fresh Covid cases over Saturday as 1,634 people were diagnosed with the infection. The positivity rate was at 29.68%.

A healthcare worker collects a swab sample from a man in Delhi for Covid-19 test amid a rise in coronavirus cases in the country.

Delhi on Sunday evening reported 1,634 fresh Covid cases over the last 24 hours. The positivity rate was at 29.68%. This was a jump of 238 cases over the previous single-day log of Covid cases. Among the three reported deaths, one was due to Covid-19. Another death was reported. However, the primary cause was not Covid, the health department's evening bulletin said. The case sheet of another death was awaited.

Delhi on Saturday evening registered 1,396 Covid-19 cases and five deaths, with a positivity rate of 31.9%. This was the highest in 15 months. Covid-19 was the primary cause for one death, while it was incidental for the other four, according to the health bulletin.

Medical experts have suggested that the Omicron sub-variant XBB.1.16 could be driving the increase in cases in the city. However, they have also emphasized that people need not panic and should adhere to Covid-appropriate behaviour while receiving booster shots. On Thursday, Delhi Health Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj announced that XBB.1.16 is not causing severe infections among children.

On April 12, the national capital's daily Covid-19 tally exceeded 1,000 for the first time in over seven months, with 1,149 cases and a positivity rate of 23.8%, resulting in one fatality. On April 13, the city reported 1,527 cases with a positivity rate of 27.77% and two deaths.

According to the Union Health Ministry's data on Sunday morning, India logged 10,093 fresh cases over the previous 24 hours. The fresh infection count remained over 10,000. "As of April 16, 2023 at 8:00 am IST, the number of active cases in India is 57,542. As many as 4,42,29,459 people infected with Covid-19 have been discharged since the beginning of the pandemic. In the last 24 hours, there were 6,248 recoveries. The number of Covid-19 deaths recorded so far is 5,31,114," the health ministry's data stated.

The current recovery rate is 98.68%, and the death rate is 1.19%, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

The daily positivity rate is 5.61%, and the weekly positivity rate is 4.78%.