Delhi Records 10732 COVID-19 New Cases in a Single-Day

Delhi has recorded 10,732 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, which is the highest increase in a single day in the national capital to date, according to data shared by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday.

In an online press conference, Kejriwal also said that the current fourth wave of the pandemic in the city is “very dangerous” and is spreading at such a rapid rate that it has left many people baffled.

“Cases have escalated enormously in the last 10 to 15 days. And, in the last 24 hours, the city has registered 10,732 cases,” he said.

The previous highest single-day peak in Delhi of 8,593 cases was reported on November 11, 2020, while on November 19, the city recorded 131 deaths from COVID-19, the highest single-day death count. till the date.

“Before 10,732 cases, Delhi had recorded around 7,900 cases, and more than 8,500 cases a day earlier,” Kejriwal said.

This is also the first time that daily COVID cases have surpassed the 10,000 marks in the national capital since the start of the pandemic in early 2020.

On Saturday there were 7,897 cases and 39 deaths. The positivity rate also climbed to 10.21 percent, surpassing the 10 percent mark for the first time this year.

10,774 new COVID19 cases and 48 deaths reported in Delhi in the last 24 hours; case tally rises to 7,25,197 pic.twitter.com/E19om63MDH

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The positivity rate as of mid-November last year was above 15 percent.

On Friday 8,521 cases and 39 deaths were registered. This was also the first time more than 8,000 cases were recorded in one day this year amid a massive increase in cases in recent weeks.

As of Thursday, the city had registered 7,437 cases. This was also the first time more than 7,000 cases were reported in one day this year.

In the previous two days, the case count had surpassed 5,000.

As of November 27, the city had registered 5,482 cases and 6,224 cases on November 24, and 7,486 on November 18, according to official data.