With 961 fresh cases, city’s
virus tally reaches 1,37,667
There are currently 10,356 active cases: government bulletin
The Capital on Sunday recorded 961 new COVID19
cases, taking the total
number of cases to
1,37,667.
Also, 15 deaths were recorded in the past 24
hours, taking the total
number of deaths to
4,004, according to a
heath bulletin issued by
the Delhi government.
The bulletin added that
1,186 more have recovered
and the total number of recoveries now stands at
1,23,317. There are 10,356
active cases in the city at
present.
A total of 4,289 RTPCR
and 8,441 rapid antigen
tests were conducted in
the city in the last 24
hours, the bulletin added.
So far, 10,63,669 tests have
been conducted. The number of people in home isolation stands at 5,663 and
out of the total 13,578 hospital beds, 10,692 are currently vacant.
There was a fall in the
number of RTPCR and rapid antigen test conducted
in the Capital. The bulletin
released on August 1
showed that 5,140 RTPCR
and 13,014 rapid antigen
tests were carried out.
Sources said that the number of tests conducted was
lower on account of IdulZuha being a holiday.
The government said
that 4,170 beds at dedicated COVID Care Centers
have been occupied by
persons under quarantine,
including travellers who
came on Vande Bharat Mission and Bubble flights.
The number of containment zones in the city now
stands at 497, which was
scaled down from 715 after
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal conducted a review
on August 1.
The Chief Minister also
said that several containment zones were very
large in size and the reduction of containment zones
would provide relief to people in the city who have
been a part of red zones
and have been contained
for months. The number of
residents in Delhi’s containment zones now
stands at 1,06,211, which
came down from 3,48,099
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