Delhi reported 19 coronavirus deaths and 422 infections on Sunday, taking the total to 148 fatalities and 9,755 cases, authorities said.
The Delhi health department said the cumulative death figures refers to fatalities where the primary cause of death was found to be COVID-19 as per the report of the Death Audit Committee on the basis of case sheets received from various hospitals.
On Saturday, the total number of cases stood at 9,333 and fatalities at 129. Of the total COVID-19 deaths, 77 were aged 60 and above and accounted for over 52 per cent of the fatalities.
Forty of them were aged between 50-59 years and 31 were less than 50 years, the department said in a bulletin. After facing criticism for "under reporting" the COVID-19 deaths,