Delhi on Monday recorded 108 fresh COVID-19 cases, while the positivity rate stood at 0.49 per cent, according to data shared by the city health department. With this, the total number of COVID-19 cases in the city increased to 18,63,899 in total. The death toll remained unchanged at 26,147.
Delhi had on Sunday reported 97 COVID-19 cases with a positivity rate of 0.41 per cent and one death. The city saw 61 cases with a positivity rate of 0.68 per cent and one death on Sunday. 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 recorded a positivity rate of 30.6 per cent on January 14, the highest during the third wave of the pandemic.
The surge in COVID-19 cases in Delhi during the third wave was largely due to the highly transmissible Omicron variant of the virus. Amid the decline in daily cases, the number of patients under home isolation in Delhi has also fallen significantly over the last few weeks.
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