New Delhi, Sep 8 (FN Agency) Delhi reported 41 fresh novel Coronavirus cases and zero death in the last 24 hours, the Delhi government’s health bulletin said on Wednesday. The daily positivity rate stood at 0.05 per cent while 75,079 Covid-19 samples were tested in the last 24 hours, the health department stated. Meanwhile, 13 more people recovered from the viral illness in the last 24 hours and 107 individuals remain in home isolation, the data showed. Total 414 Covid-19 cases remain active in the city, it added The latest addition has pushed the cumulative case tally to 14,38,082 while the death toll rose to 25,083 government data showed. The cumulative positivity rate in the national capital has been assessed at 5.49 per cent while the case fatality rate (cumulative) is recorded at 1.74 per cent, it added.
This national capital has seen only one Covid-19 fatality in the month so far. The first instance of Covid-19 death in September was reported on Tuesday with only 1 death. Delhi had reported Zero Covid-19 fatality earlier on Monday, Sunday, Saturday, Friday, Thursday and Wednesday (last week) as well, according to the official data. Since the onset of the second wave of Covid-19, the national capital has recorded 25 instances so far when no deaths were reported in a day The official data states that on July 18, July 24, July 29, August 2, August 4, August 8, August 11, August 12, August 13, August 16, August 20, August 21, August 22, August 23, August 24, August 26, August 27, August 28, August 29, September 1, September 2, September 3, September 4, September 5 and September 6 too, no death due to Covid-19 was recorded.
Earlier, the national capital had maintained a streak of five consecutive days, from August 20-24, where no deaths due to Covid-19 were reported. However, the streak was broken last week. Before the second wave, the national capital had recorded zero deaths on March 2 this year. On that day, the number of single-day infections stood at 217 and the positivity rate was 0.33 per cent. The second wave swept the city during the April-May period.