Delhi recorded 444 fresh COVID-19 cases on Friday, the seventh time the daily infection count stood below the 500-mark in January, while the positivity rate dipped to 0.59%, officials said.The infection tally in the city stood at 6.29 lakh and the death toll mounted to 10,654, they said.
The active cases tally on Friday dropped to 3,779 from 4,168 on Thursday.The city had recorded 654 cases on Wednesday with a positivity rate of 0.88%, the only time the daily infection count has crossed the 500-mark in the first seven days of January.Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain had earlier said the positivity rate had been below one per cent for the past several days, indicating improvement in the pandemic situation here.From December 21-23, the.