Covid-19 lockdown till 5 am on 17 May.The positivity rate in the city also dropped from 19% to 17.76%, the health department said today.The positivity rate in the capital has remained above the 20% mark since 17 April.
On 22 April, a positivity rate of 36.2%, the highest so far, was reported."In the last few days, the positivity rate has declined from 36% to 19.1% with the caseload also going down from 28,000 per day to about 12,500.
Till we reach positivity rate at below 5% and caseload below 3000-4000 cases, we can't be at ease," Delhi health minister Satyendar Jain said.Delhi now has 83,809 active Covid-19 cases.
In addition, 13,583 recoveries were reported in the last 24 hours, taking the numbered of recovered cases to 12,44,880.Delhi.