Delhi Records Dip In Fresh Covid Cases, Mumbai Records 200+ New Patients For Fifth Day In Row

The national capital saw 535 new Covid cases on Saturday, with a positivity rate of 23.05 percent, while the country's financial capital witnessed 200 plus new cases for the fifth day in a row.

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Delhi logged 535 fresh Covid cases on Saturday with a positivity rate of 23.05 per cent, according to data shared by the city government's health department. On Friday, the city had 733 Covid cases, the most in more than seven months, with a positivity rate of 19.93 per cent. On August 26, 2022, the national capital recorded 620 cases.

On Thursday, there were 606 cases reported, with a positivity rate of 16.98 per cent and one fatality.

The city recorded a positivity rate of 26.54 per cent on Wednesday, the highest in nearly 15 months, with 509 people testing positive in a single day. In January of last year, the positivity rate reached 30 per cent.

According to the bulletin, the city's Covid-19 death toll currently stands at 26,536. With the new cases, Delhi's infection total now stands at 20,13,938. On Friday, 2,321 Covid tests were performed, according to the data.

The number of new Covid infections in Delhi has increased in recent days, coinciding with an increase in H3N2 influenza cases in the country.

Despite a gradual increase in the number of Covid cases in Delhi, medical experts believe the new XBB.1.16 variant of the virus is to blame, PTI reported. 

They maintained, however, that there is no need to panic and that people should follow Covid-appropriate behaviour and get vaccine booster shots. They also stated that the increase in the number of cases could be due to more people getting tested for Covid as a precaution when they become infected with the influenza virus and develop fever and other symptoms.

Mumbai Witnesses 200 Fresh Cases For Fifth Consecutive Day: 

Maharashtra on Saturday recorded 542 new cases of coronavirus infection and one fatality, bringing the total number of infections to 81,49,141 and the death toll to 1,48,458, PTI reported citing a state health department official. 

Infections have decreased since Friday when the state recorded 926 cases and three fatalities.

The official said that with 668 patients recovering from the infection in the last 24 hours, the total number of recoveries has reached 79,96,323, leaving the state with 4,360 active cases. According to the health department's bulletin, Mumbai recorded 207 cases on Saturday, making it the city's fifth consecutive day with 200 or more infections.

According to the report, the only fatality of the day occurred in Amravati.

The Indian Council of Medical Research has said the rise in the number of influenza cases is due to the Influenza A sub-type H3N2. The H3N2 virus is causing more hospitalisations than the other subtypes. The symptoms include a runny nose, a persistent cough, and a fever.