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Delhi's positivity rate rose to 27.77% from 23.8% yesterday. (File) Delhi recorded 1,527 new covid cases today, around 33% more than yesterday, official data showed. The positivity rate also jumped to 27.77% from 23.8% yesterday. Two other related deaths brought the death toll in the capital to 26,549. Of these, Covid was the main reason for one while incidental to another, according to a health report.
The positive cases were detected among 5,499 tests carried out since yesterday. Additionally, 909 recoveries have also been reported.
The city yesterday recorded 1,149 cases and one death, crossing the 1,000 mark for the first time in seven months.
National figures also saw a sharp increase today. India registered 10,158 new covid cases in the last 24 hours, up from 7,830 yesterday.
The country is experiencing a spike in Covid cases, driven by Omicron's XBB.1.16 subvariant. But Health Ministry sources said there was no need to worry as hospitalizations will remain low.
The rise in infections will continue for the next 10 to 12 days and then taper off, the sources said, adding that Covid has entered the endemic phase in the country.
In the endemic stage, an infection is limited to a particular region. But a pandemic is when the infection spreads to a larger area or even the whole world.
