Amid a significant surge in daily covid 19 cases in India, the national capital, Delhi on Monday logged 1,017 COVID-19 cases and made the positivity rate jump to 32.25 per cent, the highest in 15 months, according to data shared by the city government's health department. The capital had recorded a positivity rate of 30.6 per cent on January 14 last year.
With the new cases, Delhi's COVID-19 tally climbed to 20,24,244. Four fresh fatalities pushed the death toll to 26,567, the health department bulletin stated.
Of the latest fatalities, COVID-19 was the primary cause of death in two cases, it stated. According to the bulletin, fresh cases emerged out of 3,153 tests conducted the previous day.
Meanwhile, Delhi on Sunday logged 1,634 COVID-19 cases with a positivity rate of 29.68 per cent and three deaths.
In the last 24 hours, Haryana reported a surge in the number of covid infections with 898 fresh cases and one death, according to a Health department bulletin. Half of the fresh active cases were recorded in the Gurugram district while the sole fatality was reported from Panchkula, it said.
Gurugram reported 461 cases followed by 134 in Faridabad, 47 in Yamunanagar and 43 in Karnal. Among the other districts, 23 cases were reported from Sonipat, 19 from Panipat and 20 from Rohtak. Panchkula recorded 35 caseload additions, the bulletin stated.
Haryana's active COVID-19 caseload stands at 4,339 with the addition of the fresh infections.
Also, Maharashtra today reported 505 COVID-19 cases, which took the tally to 81,56,344, while the death toll stood unchanged at 1,48,479, a health department official said. On Sunday, Maharashtra reported 650 COVID-19 cases and two fatalities
Mumbai circle led with 262 cases, followed by 90 in Pune circle, 86 in Aurangabad circle, 39 in Akola circle, 12 in Nashik circle, seven in Kolhapur circle, six in Latur circle and three in Aurangabad circle, he said.
The addition to the state's tally included 131 cases in Mumbai, which took the infection count in the country's financial capital to 11,59,759, while the toll stood at 19,754.