Delhi sees 2,495 new coronavirus cases, 7 fatalities

New Delhi: Delhi has reported 2,495 new coronavirus cases with a positivity rate of 15.41 percent and seven fatalities, according to the health department data shared on Tuesday.
The national capital saw 1,372 infections and six deaths as the case positivity rate rose to 17.85 percent, the highest since January 21, it said.
The figures pertain to August 7 (Sunday) as the government did not release the daily health bulletin on Monday.
On January 21, the positivity rate stood at 18.04 percent.
The fresh cases on Tuesday came out of 16,187 COVID-19 tests, the health department bulletin stated.
With the fresh infections and fatalities, Delhi’s caseload increased to 19,73,394 and the death toll to 26,343, it said.