Delhi Reports highest Single-day rise of Covid cases 17,000

Delhi recorded 17,282 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, the sharpest daily peak this year. With this, the COVID-19 case count in the national capital has exceeded 7.67 lakh, while the death toll rose to 11,540. One hundred and four deaths have been recorded in the last 24 hours, according to the latest bulletin issued by the Delhi health department.

This is the first time that daily COVID cases have surpassed the 17,000 marks in the national capital since the start of the pandemic in early 2020.

According to a health bulletin issued by the Delhi government, 1,08,534 COVID-19 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours. The case count is 7,67,438 in the national capital, including 7,05,162 patients who have been discharged or have migrated or recovered.

The number of active cases is 50,736, of which 24,155 are in home isolation.