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New Delhi: Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Tuesday said Delhi had reported the "least" fatality ratio among major cities in the country, adding that rapid addition of ICU beds and other medical facilities have helped the Delhi government in keeping the fatality ratio low. "Delhi has least fatality ratio amongst all major cities in India. The health minister also shared a list of cities, including Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Howrah, Nagpur, Kanpur, Kolkata, Thane, Surat, Pune and Chennai, all having higher fatality ratios than 1.6 in Delhi. Meanwhile, the city reported 6,224 fresh COVID-19 cases on Tuesday and added 109 deaths to its toll from the virus, which climbed to 8,621. These came off the over 61,000 tests conducted in the last 24 hours, leaving a positivity rate of 10.14 per cent..