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Delhi COVID-19 toll touches 50, 128 new cases
Shemin Joy
DHNS
Last Updated IST
Representative image-- COVID-19 death toll reaches 50 in Delhi (Picture credit: Pixabay)
Representative image-- COVID-19 death toll reaches 50 in Delhi (Picture credit: Pixabay)

The COVID-19 death toll in the national capital touched 50 on Thursday with the reporting of two more deaths while the number of cases reached 2,376.

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According to the medical bulletin, 128 new cases were reported during the day while 84 were discharged. With this, the total number of people who recovered has touched 808.
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An analysis of the cases and deaths showed that almost two-thirds of the patients were below the age of 50 years but the mortality rate among them was the lowest at 0.64%. While 1,548 patients were below the age of 50, only ten lost their lives to COVID-19.

The highest mortality rate was among those above 60 years at 6.09% though there were only 443 such patients. Among those between 50-59 years, the mortality rate is 3.39%.


Delhi government also added three more containment zones, taking the total to 92.

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(Published 23 April 2020, 23:06 IST)