Delhi becomes 'Covid Capital', cases & fatalities increase

In the past 24 hours, the national capital recorded 5,879 new coronavirus cases and 111 people died from the disease. 

The cases in Delhi have surged in the third and the deadliest wave so far, with the positivity rate (the number of those infected as a percentage of those tested) spiking to 15 percent.

The capital city has witnessed a steep hike in the number of Covid cases and deaths in November, reporting as many as 1,708 deaths in 21 days.