Delhi covid-19 cases raised by 44,350 as per revised govt data

The revised cumulative coronavirus data of Delhi released by the state government, Thursday morning has raised the case tally by 44,350 and fatalities by 761 than previously reported. As per the report, the Delhi government has reported 10,98,051 number of cases and 15,377 deaths.

The earlier data, which was released late on Wednesday had put out a lower number of cases and deaths. It had mentioned 10,53,701 cases and 14,616 fatalities.

With this, the cumulative positivity rate has also been revised upwards from 6.20 per cent to 6.46 per cent. And the recovery numbers have been revised as 9,82,922 from 9,39,333.

The authorities have reported 368 covid-19 deaths and 25,986 cases with a positivity rate of 31.76 percent in Delhi on 28 April. The city’s situation is very alarming with a daily death count of over 300 due to coronavirus.

According to the government data, the city had reported 381 deaths on Tuesday, the highest since the pandemic began a year ago, 380 on Monday, 350 on Sunday, 357 deaths on Saturday, 348 on Friday and 306 on Thursday.

The national capital had recorded 24,149 cases on Tuesday, 20,201 on Monday, 22,933 on Sunday, 24,103 on Saturday, 24,331 on Friday, 26,169 on Thursday, and 24,638 on Wednesday.

The positivity rate was 32.72 percent on Tuesday, 35.02 percent on Monday, 30.21 on Sunday, 32.27 per cent on Saturday, 32.43 on Friday, 36.24 on Thursday — the highest so far — 31.28 on Wednesday and 32.82 on Tuesday.