Today was the worst day since the beginning of the pandemic in terms of daily deaths reported as the national capital reported 357 deaths in a day – also about 15 deaths per hour on an average. Over the week, the city’s positivity rate increased from 26.12 per cent to 32.27 per cent.
In terms of daily cases reported, Delhi has recorded more than 23,500 cases each day since Monday.
A total of 1.51 lakh cases have been reported in Delhi since Monday – making it 1,051 cases per hour on an average. On Tuesday, Delhi reported record number of cases in a day – 28,395. On that day, Delhi reported 1,183 cases per hour on an average.
In India too, the number of cases surged by 349,691 in the past 24 hours, the fourth straight day of record peaks.
In a bid to curb the spread Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal extended a lockdown in the capital city that had been due to end on Monday for a week.
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