Delhi reports 959 new Covid infections, 9 deaths; positivity rate at 6.14%

Delhi on Tuesday reported 959 fresh Covid-19 cases and nine more deaths, while the positivity rate stood at 6.14 per cent, according to data shared by the city health department

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1 min read Last Updated : Aug 23 2022 | 10:14 PM IST

Delhi on Tuesday reported 959 fresh COVID-19 cases and nine more deaths, while the positivity rate stood at 6.14 per cent, according to data shared by the city health department.

The fresh cases came out of 15,631 tests conducted the previous day, the department said in its latest bulletin.

With the fresh cases and fatalities, Delhi's infection tally increased to 19,95,407 and the death toll to 26,436, it said.

On Monday, Delhi reported 625 COVID-19 cases with a positivity rate of 9.27 per cent and seven deaths.

On Sunday, the city logged 942 cases with a positivity rate of 7.25 per cent.

On Saturday, it recorded 1,109 cases with a positivity rate of 11.23 per cent and nine deaths.

Last Monday, the city recorded eight deaths and 1,227 cases with a positivity rate of 14.57 per cent.

Before this, Delhi logged more than 2,000 cases for 12 consecutive days.

(Only the headline and picture of this report may have been reworked by the Business Standard staff; the rest of the content is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)

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First Published: Aug 23 2022 | 10:14 PM IST

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