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1,404 new Covid-19 cases take Delhi tally to 144,127; toll mounts to 4,098

Delhi recorded 1,404 fresh coronavirus cases on Saturday, taking the tally in the city to over 1.44 lakh, while the death toll from the disease climbed to 4,098, authorities said. The number of daily cases after dipping to three-figure count last Sunday, has again shown a rise in the last few days, recording in excess of 1,000. Also, the number of tests have shown a rise in the last few days, with the Saturday figure being 24,592, as per the latest bulletin. Sixteen fatalities have been recorded in the last 24 hours, it said. On Friday, the daily cases count was 1,192 and 23 deaths were reported. The daily cases count on August 1 was 1118, however, during August 2-4, cases had gradually dipped: August 2 (961), August 3 (805) and August 4 (674). But, from August 5 onwards, the cases have again showed a four-figure trend: August 5 (1,076), August 6 (1,299) and August 7 (1,192). The active cases tally on Saturday rose to 10,667, from 10,409 the previous day. On June 23, the nation

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States are stepping up antigen testing, but why reliability concerns remain

While antigen testing picks up a large number of positive cases quickly, some positive cases could remain undetected due to the antigen tests not being sensitive enough

Smog tower installation project in Delhi: SC asks Centre to start work soon

The Supreme Court asked the Centre to "start at the earliest" the work for installation of smog tower at Anand Vihar in east Delhi, which is aimed at helping in combating air pollution

Customer finds dead lizard in bowl of sambar; FIR against Delhi restaurant

A customer reportedly found a dead lizard in a bowl of sambar' at a popular South Indian restaurant in Connaught Place here, police said on Monday

2nd sero survey begins in Delhi, extended till Aug 7 due to lack of samples

The exercise is being undertaken for a comprehensive assessment of the Covid-19 situation in Delhi

Delhi now ranks 12th in terms of active Covid cases, was 2nd in June: Jain

Doubling rate of coronavirus cases in Delhi is around 50 days at present, while it is probably 32 days on an average nationally: Health Minister

Delhi Covid-19 update: 2nd round of sero survey begins, extended till Aug 7

A fresh sero-prevalence survey in the national capital began for a comprehensive assessment of the COVID-19 situation, but due to the Eid holiday not many samples could be collected

Sisodia writes to Shah, seeks directions to LG to allow hotels, to reopen

Manish Sisodia urged Amit Shah to direct LG Anil Baijal to allow hotels and weekly markets to reopen under Unlock 3

Covid-19: 2nd sero survey round begins in Delhi to take stock of situation

The second round of sero-prevalence survey began in the national capital on Saturday, with the five-day exercise set to cover all districts and various demographic segments

Delhi violence: HC questions police officer for issuing note to probe teams

Delhi High Court questioned the Special Commissioner of Police for issuing an order to its teams probing the northeast Delhi riots asking them to exercise due care and precaution while making arrests

India logs biggest daily rise of 55,078 Covid-19 cases, tally tops 1.6 mn

This is the second consecutive day that Covid-19 cases have increased by more than 50,000

Kejriwal urges industry representatives to help revive Delhi's economy

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday held a meeting with 28 industry associations and urged them to join hands in reviving the national capital's economy

E-commerce spends surpass pre-Covid levels post lockdown in Metros: Report

E-commerce spends surpassed pre-Covid-19 levels after the lockdown across Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru as more individuals opted to shop online for their discretionary and non-discretionary spends

Priyanka Gandhi vacates govt bungalow at South Delhi's Lodhi Estate

Priyanka has been residing in the Lodhi Estate bungalow since 1997

Mother Dairy forays into bread segment, aims to double its revenue in 5 yrs

Mother Dairy has launched three types of breads -- sandwich, brown, and fruit & milk -- in a price range of Rs 15-40 per packet

India logs record 52,123 Covid-19 cases in 24 hours, recoveries cross 1 mn

There are 528,242 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country, says health ministry

Delhi: AAP members protest against BJP-led SDMC's new tax regime

The protest march started from the party headquarters and police stopped the protesters before they reached the BJP headquarters

Separate beds, wards: How Covid-19 suspects are treated at hospitals

Initially, there were reports that dedicated facilities were allegedly not allowing suspected Covid-19 patients but later the government asked hospitals to attend to them as well

Ensure strict compliance of Covid-19 test guidelines: Kejriwal to officers

According to the Delhi health bulletin, 13,701 antigen tests were conducted on July 28 while 4,843 RT-PCR tests were done on that day