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Delhi on Monday logged 484 fresh Covid-19 cases with a positivity rate of 26.58 per cent, meaning that nearly one in every four people tested returned a positive result, according to data shared by the city government’s Health department.<\/p>\n
Three people suffering from Covid-19 died in the national capital. However, the health bulletin stated that Covid-19 was not the primary cause of death.<\/p>\n
With the addition of the fresh cases, Delhi’s Covid-19 tally has risen to 20,15,121. The death count stands at 26,543, the bulletin stated.<\/p>\n
Delhi logged 699 Covid-19 cases with a positivity rate of 21.15 per cent on Sunday while four patients had died.<\/p>\n
The city recorded 535 cases on Saturday with a positivity rate of 23.05 per cent.<\/p>\n
The national capital logged 733 cases — the highest in more than seven months — on Friday with a positivity rate of 19.93 per cent.<\/p>\n
On Thursday, 606 cases were recorded with a positivity rate of 16.98 per cent, and one fatality.<\/p>\n
On Wednesday, Delhi added 509 cases with a positivity rate of 26.54 per cent, the highest in nearly 15 months. In January last year, the positivity rate had touched the 30-per cent mark.<\/p>\n
According to the bulletin, 1,821 Covid-19 tests were conducted in Delhi on Sunday. Delhi has witnessed a spurt in the number of fresh Covid infections over the last fortnight amid a sharp rise in H3N2 influenza cases in the country.<\/p>\n
The number of fresh cases had dropped to zero on January 16, the first time since the outbreak of the pandemic.<\/p>\n
The Health department on Monday said 151 of the 7,940 beds in the city’s dedicated Covid hospitals are occupied while 1,715 patients are in home isolation.<\/p>\n
The number of active cases currently stands at 2,338, it added.<\/p>\n
Amid a gradual increase in the number of Covid cases in Delhi, medical experts said the virus’ new XBB.1.16 variant could be driving the surge.<\/p>\n
However, they maintained that there is no need to panic and people should follow Covid-appropriate behaviour and get booster shots of vaccines.<\/p>\n
They also said this rise in the number of cases could be the result of more people getting themselves tested for Covid as a precaution when they actually get infected with the influenza virus and develop fever and related symptoms.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
The H3N2 virus is leading to more hospitalisation than the other subtypes. The symptoms include a runny nose, persistent cough and fever.<\/p>\n
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