239 fresh cases in city positivity rate rises to 0 50

Delhi | Tuesday | 9th March, 2021

Summary:

New Delhi: Delhi recorded 239 new Coronavirus cases and three deaths on Monday, as the positivity rate rose to 0.50 per cent, the Health Department said. The new cases came from 47,689 tests, including 35,968 RT-PCR tests and 11,721 rapid antigen tests, conducted the previous day, the bulletin said. The number of active cases stood at 1,803. The positivity rate stood rose to 0.50 per cent from 0.31 per cent a day before. Health experts and doctors have attributed this "sudden rise" in the number of cases to complacency among people, not following COVID-19-appropriate behaviour and "assuming all is well now"..