New Delhi, Jan 17: The national capital recorded no new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the first time since the pandemic began in March 2020, stated a bulletin issued by the Delhi Health Department on Monday.
The positivity rate was 0.00 per cent.
With zero covid cases in the last 24 hours, the active cases in the city remained at 10.
According to the bulletin, 9 Covid-patients recovered from the virus in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of recoveries to 19,80,781.
However, with no death from Covid reported over the last 24 hours, the overall toll in the national capital remained at 26,522.
As part of the country’s ongoing vaccination drive, 150 Covid-19 vaccine shots were administered in the city in the last 24 hours, out of which 15 persons recieved 1st dose, 32 recieved 2nd, and 103 persons were given precautionary doses, taking the cumulative tally to 3,73,70,636.
As many as 931 Covid samples were tested in the last 24 hours taking the total number of samples tested in the national capital to 4,06,50,119.
The national capital faced three Covid waves and the second wave with the Delta variant in April-May 2021 was the deadliest.
The number of cases of COVID-19’s XBB.1.5 variant, responsible for the rise in cases in the US, has gone up to 26 in India, according to INSACOG data on Monday.
The cases of XBB.1.5 variant have been found across 11 states and Union territories till now, the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG) said.
The XBB.1.5 strain is a relative of the Omicron XBB variant, which is a recombinant of the Omicron BA.2.10.1 and BA.2.75 subvariants. Combined, XBB and XBB.1.5 make up 44 per cent of cases in the US. (Agencies)
