Delhi reports 27,561 fresh COVID-19 cases; Positivity rate at 26.22%

New Delhi: Delhi reported 27,561 new COVID-19 during the past 24 hours with a positivity rate of 26.22 per cent, the highest since May last year, informed the state health bulletin on Wednesday.

With the addition of 27,561 new cases, the active caseload in the city mounted to 87,445 which is the highest in the past eight months, according to the bulletin. So far, a total of 16,17,716 COVID-19 cases have been reported in the national capital.

In the past 24 hours, Delhi also reported 40 deaths, taking the total number of fatalities to 25,240here.

COVID-19 | Delhi reports 27561 new cases, 40 deaths and 14957 recoveries. Active cases 87445

Positivity rate 26.22 % pic.twitter.com/Z1KwbnZZV2

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