NEW DELHI: The national capital recorded its highest single-day spike of 1,295 fresh COVID-19 cases on Sunday, taking the tally to 19,844, as the death toll due to the disease mounted to 473, authorities said.The previous single-day highest spike of 1,163 fresh cases was recorded on May 30.
This is the first time in Delhi when more than 1,200 COVID-19 cases have been reported in a day.
In a bulletin issued on Sunday, the Delhi Health Department said the death toll due to coronavirus infection has risen to 473 and the total number of cases mounted to 19,844.
It, however, added the cumulative death figures refers to fatalities where primary cause of death was found to be COVID-19, as per the report of the Death Audit Committee on the basis of case sheets received from various hospitals.On Saturday, the total number of COVID-19 cases stood at 18,549, including 416 deaths.
Meanwhile, nine more people, including five linked to a media house, tested positive for COVID-19 in Uttar Pradesh’s Gautam Buddh Nagar on Sunday, taking the total in the district to 414, officials said.
Gautam Buddh Nagar, adjoining Delhi, has so far recorded seven deaths due to the deadly virus. All the deceased are men aged 58, 60, 62, 62, 65, 71 and 90, according to district officials.
Four new cases related to media house in Noida
Among the new patients in Gautam Buddh Nagar on Sunday are four men aged 22, 27, 28 and 45 and a woman aged 28 — all of them relatives of a person who works at Zee Media in Noida’s Sector 16 and had already tested positive for Covid-19, an official said.