The national capital recorded 27,561 new Covid-19 cases in a day on Wednesday, the second biggest increase in a day since the start of the pandemic. With this, the total caseload now stands at 16,17,716. The positivity rate has touched 26.
The city also recorded 40 Covid deaths in a span of 24 hours, the highest since May 4.
The deaths recorded are the highest since June 10 last year, when 44 deaths were recorded in the national capital.
The single-day count of 27,561 cases on Wednesday is the highest since April 30, when the city had seen 27,047 infections.
Most of the 133 Covid deaths recorded in the first 12 days of January were comorbid patients.
Taking note of the situation, the government on Tuesday issued an advisory asking all hospitals to ensure that patients with comorbidities are attended by specialists.
The city currently has 87,445 active COVID cases, of which 56,991 are in home isolation.
There were 23 deaths from Kovid in Delhi on Tuesday and 17-17 on Sunday and Monday. It saw 54 deaths in the last five months – nine in December, seven in November, four in October, five in September and 29 in August.
In July, Covid had claimed 76 lives in the national capital.
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