New Delhi: As the city remained under lockdown for nearly three straight weeks, Delhi witnessed a slight dip in COVID-19 cases and positivity rate with only 13,336 fresh infections were recorded in the last 24 hours, according to the health bulletin by the Delhi government released on Sunday.
However, the decrease in fresh coronavirus cases can be attributed to low testing during the period. Only 61,552 tests including 49,787 RT-PCR, CBNAAT, True Nat tests and 11,765 Rapid Antigen tests were conducted in Delhi in the last 24 hours.
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The COVID-19 positivity rate also dropped to 21.67 percent, the lowest since April 17 when it was 24.56 percent, the government's data shows. Along with the dip in the COVID-19 cases, the number of deaths due to the disease also came down below 300 after 5 days.
As many as 273 people succumbed to the disease in the last 24 hours. The case fatality rate in the national capital stands at 1.46 percent. The cumulative caseload reached 13,23,567 while the death toll mounted to 19,344. There are 86,232 active coronavirus cases in the city.
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According to the health bulletin, 1,29,142 beneficiaries were vaccinated in the last 24 hours. Out of these, 90,289 received their first dose and 38,853 took their second jab. The cumulative number of beneficiaries vaccinated in the national capital so far is 38,75,636.