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Delhi records 733 fresh Covid cases, highest in over 7 months

Agencies . New Delhi
09 Apr 2023 00:00:00 | Update: 08 Apr 2023 23:14:12
Delhi records 733 fresh Covid cases, highest in over 7 months

India’s capital Delhi on Friday logged 733 fresh Covid cases, the highest in more than seven months, with a positivity rate of 19.93 per cent, according to data shared by the city government’s health department.

The health bulletin said two more Covid-positive people died in the city. However, “Covid finding was incidental”, it added.

Delhi had recorded 620 cases on August 26.

On Thursday, 606 cases were recorded with a positivity rate of 16.98 per cent, and one fatality.

On Wednesday, the city logged a positivity rate of 26.54 per cent, the highest in nearly 15 months, with 509 people testing positive in a single day. In January last year, the positivity rate had touched the 30-per cent mark.

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