Delhi's coronavirus tally inches close to 6000-mark, reports 443 new cases on May 7

COVID-19 woes are surging in Delhi with the national capital on Thursday recording the highest number of cases for a single day so far at 448.

With this, the number of cases has risen to 5,980 while one death was reported during the day, taking the total toll to 66.

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On Wednesday, Delhi had reported 428 cases while on May 3, it was 427, the previous highest number of cases for a single day.

On a positive note, 389 people were discharged from hospital, the highest for a day, as the total number of recovered patients rose to 1,931. There are 3,983 patients still undergoing treatment.

This month alone, Delhi has 2,465 cases, which is 41.22% of the total cases. The first case in Delhi was reported on March 2.

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On May 1, Delhi had reported 223 cases which saw an increase to 386 on May 2. The capital reported 349 cases on May 4 and 206 cases on May 5.

It also said Delhi has tested 77,234 samples so far, which includes 5,300 tests on Thursday.

Of the total cases, 69.7% (4,168) of the patients were below 50 years while the deaths among this group was just 16.67% of the 66 dead or 11 people.

In contrast, the number of patients above 60 years was the lowest at 14.95% or 894 but the fatality was the highest among them with 33 or half of those who lost the battle with Covid-19.

Among 50-59 years, there were 918 people (15.35%) but among the dead, their proportion was 33.33% or 22 people.