Delhi sees record 306 Covid deaths

New Delhi: Delhi logged a record 306 Covid deaths and 26,169 cases with a positivity rate of 36.24 per cent, highest since the pandemic began a year ago, on Thursday even as the city hospitals grappled with depleting oxygen supply for the third consecutive day. The city has reported over 1,750 deaths due to the deadly virus in the last 10 days. It had recorded 24,638 cases and 249 deaths on Wednesday, as the positivity rate stood at 31.28 per cent. On Tuesday, 28,395 cases, the highest single-day tally so far, were registered with a positivity rate of 32.82 per cent. The capital had witnessed 23,686 cases with a positivity rate of 26.12 per cent on Monday. Authorities logged 249 deaths on Wednesday, 277 on Tuesday, 240 on Monday, 161 deaths on Sunday, 167 on Saturday, and 141 on Friday. With the fresh cases, Delhi’s cumulative tally has risen to 9,56,348. The death toll stands at 13,193, according to the latest health bulletin. A total of 72,208 tests, including 48,346 RTPCR tests, were conducted on Wednesday, the bulletin said. The number of tests is significantly less than the average of around 90,000 tests a day being conducted in the national capital.