New Delhi : Delhi reported 240 new coronavirus cases and three deaths on Wednesday as the positivity rate rose to 0.35 per cent, the Health Department said.
The new cases came out of the 68,831 tests conducted on Tuesday and the infection tally rose to 6,39,921, according to a health bulletin.
As many as 196 people recuperated from the pathogen, taking the number of recoveries to 6,27,423. Three fatalities pushed the death toll to 10,914, it said.
The active cases rose to 1,584 from 1,534 as the cumulative positivity rate and case fatality rate stands at 5.1 per cent and 1.71 per cent respectively.
Delhi had reported 217 cases with a positivity rate 0.33 per cent, and zero fatality on Tuesday, fifth time within a month when there was not any death.