NEW DELHI: After a gap of six months, the number of new Covid-19 cases in the city crossed the 2,000-mark on Wednesday, with five patients succumbing to the deadly virus, reports Somrita Ghosh. The last time the city recorded over 2,000 cases was on February 4 (2,272 cases and 20 deaths). This is the third surge in the capital since the third wave in January-February. The positivity rate remained high at 11.64% on Wednesday, the third day in a row it breached the 10% mark. The last time the capital saw such a high positivity rate was on January 24 (11.79%). With the fresh infections on Wednesday, the Covid case tally in the capital rose to 19,60,172 and the death toll reached 26,321. The positivity rate and daily Covid cases in the city have risen steadily in the last one week. Delhi had reported 1,506 Covid cases and three fatalities on Tuesday while the test positivity rate stood at 10.69%. The day before, the positivity rate was 11.41%. It recorded 1,263 cases on Sunday with a positivity rate of 9.35%. A total of 17,815 tests were conducted on Wednesday. Currently, there are 5,637 active cases, up from 5,006 the previous day, with as many as 3,214 Covid patients under in-home isolation. Of the 9,405 beds reserved for coronavirus patients in various Delhi hospitals, only 376 were occupied on Wednesday. There are 183 containment zones in the city at present, it added. “With the impact of vaccines going down and new variants emerging, Covid cases will continue to go up and down again. The immunity of vaccines fade away in 8-9 months so people become prone to re-infection. Those with co-morbidity must get the precautionary dose to resist fatality from the virus,” said Dr Lalit Kant, former Scientist and Head (Epidemiology and Communicable Diseases Division), ICMR.
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