The upward trend in the new coronavirus cases in Delhi continued on Tuesday with the city reporting 632 fresh cases in the last 24 hours, a 26 per cent increase from the previous day. No new death has been reported while the positivity rate stood at 4.42 per cent.
The national capital had on Monday reported 501 cases with a positivity rate of 7.72 per cent. On Sunday, the number of new cases was 517 while the positivity rate was 4.21 per cent.
With the new cases, the city's infection tally has increased to 18,69,683 while the death toll stood at 26,160 as no new fatality was reported.
Delhi has been witnessing a spurt in new infections with the positivity rate registering a nearly three-fold rise between April 11-18. On April 11, the positivity rate stood at 2.70 percent which jumped to 3.95 percent on April 15 followed by 5.33 percent on April 16 and 7.72 percent on April 18.
The Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) will hold a crucial meeting on Wednesday to discuss the rising number of infections in the city. The Delhi government had recently relaxed Covid restrictions and made masks voluntary last month as cases declined. Wednesday's meeting is likely to discuss the mandatory use of face masks and hybrid modes of offline and online teaching for school children as well.
Mumbai on Tuesday reported 85 new Covid-19 cases, the highest daily addition to the tally since March 2 and two-and-half times Monday's figure of 34.
According to a civic official, all the new cases are asymptomatic and only 10 of the 26,044 hospital beds earmarked for Covid-19 treatment are currently occupied.
With PTI inputs
