DELHI RECORDS 1,534 NEW COVID CASES, POSITIVITY RATE AT 7.71%

NEW DELHI: Fresh Covid-19 cases in Delhi dropped marginally on Saturday on the back of a dip in tests, state government data showed, even as the test positivity rate fell below the 8% mark.

Delhi added 1,534 Covid-19 cases on Saturday, down from 1,797 a day ago, as daily tests fell to 19,889 samples, from 21,978 on Friday.

The percentage of positive samples, a statistic known as the test positivity rate, fell to 7.71% on Friday, from 8.18% a day ago.

With Saturday’s infections, Delhi’s active Covid caseload crossed the 5,000-mark.

State government data showed that 5,119 in the city are battling Covid-19, the highest this number has been since May 10. Health officials said this could be higher because several people are either not getting tested or are taking rapid tests at home, which are often not reported to the government.