COVID-19 cases surge in Delhi, 660 new cases and 14 deaths

COVID-19 cases are on the surge in the national capital with Friday reporting 660 fresh cases, the highest jump for a single day, and 14 deaths, taking the total number of cases to 12,319 and toll to 208.

Since May 19, Delhi has been recording more than 500 cases a day. On Thursday, Delhi recorded 571 cases while on May 20, it was 534 cases and on May 19, 500 cases.

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In the past four days, the capital has reported 2,265 cases while May alone accounted for 8,800 or 71.43% of total cases. According to the latest medical bulletin, 5,897 people have recovered so far since Delhi reported its first COVID-19 case on March 2.

At present, 6,214 people are still under treatment with 2,881 with mild symptoms in home isolation.

A total of 1.60 lakh samples have been tested so far, including 5,870 fresh samples.

On May 14, Delhi had reported 472 cases, the previous highest for a single day while on May 15, 425 cases were recorded while on May 16, it was 438 and 422 on May 17. On May 18, the cases were 299.