New Delhi: The national capital on Friday recorded 24,383 Covid-19 cases, a 15.5 per cent decline from a day earlier, even as the positivity rate mounted to 30.64 per cent, indicating that every third sample collected for a coronavirus test returned a positive report in the past 24 hours.
Thirty-four fatalities were also reported on Friday, according to data shared by the Delhi health department.
On Thursday, 28,867 Covid-19 cases were reported, which was the sharpest single-day spike since the beginning of the pandemic, when the city had conducted 98,832 tests.However, Friday’s figure of coronavirus cases came out of 79,578 tests, with a senior government official saying the drop in cases may be due to lower testing “The low number of tests can be attributed to the change in testing guidelines. In an advisory issued earlier this week, the (central) government had said that asymptomatic patients undergoing surgical/non-surgical invasive procedures should not be tested unless warranted or symptoms develop,” the official said.
The active cases in the city stand at 92,273, of which 64,831 are in home isolation. The number of containment zones is 27,531. According to the data, the positivity rate recorded on Friday is the highest since May 1 last year when it was 31.61 per cent. AGENCIES