<p>Delhi recorded over 3,500 coronavirus cases for the second consecutive day on Saturday, while the positivity rate rose to 4.48 percent, according to the health department.</p>.<p>With the new infections, the number of cumulative cases rose to 6,72,381, while 10 more deaths took the toll to 11,060.</p>.<p>The city had reported 3,594 cases on Friday, the highest daily count this year.</p>.<p>The positivity rate rose to 4.48 percent from 4.11 per cent a day before, amid a massive surge in cases recorded over the past few weeks.</p>.<p>On December 3, the city had recorded 3,734 cases while on December 4 the count was 4,067, according to official data.</p>.<p>Delhi had reported 2,790 cases on Thursday, 1,819 on Wednesday, 992 on Tuesday, 1,904 cases on Monday and 1,881 cases on Sunday.</p>.<p>It had reported 1,558 cases on Saturday, 1,534 cases last Friday, 1,515 cases last Thursday, 1,254 cases a day before that and 1,101 cases last Tuesday, when it had crossed the 1,000-mark for the first time since December 24.</p>.<p>The number of active cases rose to 12,647 from 11,994 a day before.</p>.<p>A total of 79,617 tests, including 57,296 RT-PCR tests, were conducted a day ago, the bulletin said.</p>.<p>The number of people under home isolation rose to 6,569 from 6,106 a day ago. The containment zones rose to 2,618 from 2,338 on Friday, it said.</p>.<p>The number of cumulative cases as on January 1 had stood at over 6.25 lakh and the total fatalities were 10,557.</p>.<p>The number of daily cases had started to come down in February. On February 26, the month's highest daily count of 256 cases was recorded.</p>.<p>However, the daily cases began to rise again in March and have been steadily increasing since then. </p>
<p>Delhi recorded over 3,500 coronavirus cases for the second consecutive day on Saturday, while the positivity rate rose to 4.48 percent, according to the health department.</p>.<p>With the new infections, the number of cumulative cases rose to 6,72,381, while 10 more deaths took the toll to 11,060.</p>.<p>The city had reported 3,594 cases on Friday, the highest daily count this year.</p>.<p>The positivity rate rose to 4.48 percent from 4.11 per cent a day before, amid a massive surge in cases recorded over the past few weeks.</p>.<p>On December 3, the city had recorded 3,734 cases while on December 4 the count was 4,067, according to official data.</p>.<p>Delhi had reported 2,790 cases on Thursday, 1,819 on Wednesday, 992 on Tuesday, 1,904 cases on Monday and 1,881 cases on Sunday.</p>.<p>It had reported 1,558 cases on Saturday, 1,534 cases last Friday, 1,515 cases last Thursday, 1,254 cases a day before that and 1,101 cases last Tuesday, when it had crossed the 1,000-mark for the first time since December 24.</p>.<p>The number of active cases rose to 12,647 from 11,994 a day before.</p>.<p>A total of 79,617 tests, including 57,296 RT-PCR tests, were conducted a day ago, the bulletin said.</p>.<p>The number of people under home isolation rose to 6,569 from 6,106 a day ago. The containment zones rose to 2,618 from 2,338 on Friday, it said.</p>.<p>The number of cumulative cases as on January 1 had stood at over 6.25 lakh and the total fatalities were 10,557.</p>.<p>The number of daily cases had started to come down in February. On February 26, the month's highest daily count of 256 cases was recorded.</p>.<p>However, the daily cases began to rise again in March and have been steadily increasing since then. </p>