Delhi recorded its highest one-day spike of 7,745 COVID-19 cases on November 8. With this, the national capital’s positivity rate increased to 15.26 percent, the health department said. The rise in the number of infections from the novel coronavirus has come amid the festive season and rising air pollution levels.
The new cases reported on November 8 took Delhi’s overall tally to 4.38 lakh. Of these, 41,857 cases are active.
About 77 more deaths were reported during the 24-hour period, taking Delhi’s total fatalities to 6,989. A day earlier, the national capital had reported 79 deaths – the highest in over four months.
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