Delhi, Mumbai continue to see drop in Covid cases

January 27, 2022 23:43

Delhi and Mumbai continued to witness major decline in daily coronavirus cases on Thursday.

Delhi on Thursday reported 4,291 fresh COVID-19 cases and 34 deaths while the positivity rate dropped marginally to 9.56 per cent, according to data shared by the city health department.

Mumbai recorded 1,384 fresh cases of COVID-19, down from 1,858 a day ago, while 12 more people died due to complications related to the infection in the past 24 hours, the city civic body said.

The national capital's cumulative case count increased to 18,15,288 and the death toll reached 25,744.

Delhi had on Wednesday reported 7,498 cases with a positivity rate of 10.59 per cent and 29 deaths.

According to official data, the positivity rate was 11.88 per cent on January 5 and 8.37 per cent on January 4.

As many as 44,903 tests to detect COVID-19 were conducted on Wednesday.

The number of daily cases in Delhi has been on the decline after touching the record high of 28,867 on January 13.

The city had logged a positivity rate of 30.6 per cent on January 14, the highest during the ongoing wave of the pandemic.

It took just 10 days for daily cases to drop below the 10,000-mark.

Delhi had on Sunday reported 9,197 Covid cases with a positivity rate of 13.32 per cent and 34 deaths.

Mumbai's overall number of COVID-19 cases rose to 10,41,747, while the toll increased to 16,581, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation said in a bulletin.

Out of the 12 coronavirus patients who died in the last 24 hours, 11 were above 60 years of age, it said.

On Wednesday, the city had recorded 1,858 coronavirus infections and 13 deaths.

The city has been reporting fewer than 2,000 cases for the last four days.

Out of the new patients, only 184 were hospitalized, the civic body said.

Also, 5,686 patients were discharged during the day following recovery, the bulletin said.

With this, the number of recovered cases crossed the 10-lakh mark to stand at 10,04,384, the BMC said.

There are now 18,040 active cases of COVID-19 in the city. -- PTI

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