787 new COVID-19 cases take city’s tally to 1,53,367

Delhi now has 10,852 active cases

August 17, 2020 11:37 pm | Updated 11:39 pm IST - New Delhi

As many as 787 new COVID-19 cases were reported in Delhi in the past 24 hours, taking the total number of cases to 1,53,367, stated a health bulletin released by the Delhi government on Monday.

The number of cases were less as fewer tests were done in the past 24 hours compared to rest of the month, it stated.

Also, 18 more deaths have been reported, taking the total number of deaths to 4,214.

Of the total cases, 1,38,301 people have recovered and there are 10,852 active cases at present.

The number of new cases has been less than 1,500 for the past 32 consecutive days, which is less compared to June.

Though Delhi has a capacity to conduct around 11,000 RT-PCR tests a day, only 4,106 such tests were done in the past 24 hours.

Of the total 14,988 tests done in the past 24 hours, over 72.6% were rapid antigen tests, which have shown a low positivity in the city compared to the RT-PCR tests.

The positivity rate has also dropped from 12.2% as on July 1 to 5.2%.

The number of containment zones in the city on Monday was 557.

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