Delhi recorded no fresh deaths of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) on Sunday, for the first time since March 2 this year, a landmark in the city’s fight against the infection, especially in the backdrop of a brutal fourth wave of infections between April and May that left thousands dead.

So far, the city has seen 25,027 deaths of the infection, most of which came in the fourth wave. The first death of the infection was reported on March 13 last year, when a 69-year-old woman from Janakpuri succumbed to the infection.

State government records show that 13,210 people died of Covid-19 in the city in April and May this year alone, accounting for nearly 53% of Delhi’s coronavirus deaths. Single-day fatalities peaked on May 3, as 448 died of the infection. The city added over 400 new deaths for three days, between May 1 and May 3, as the fourth wave of infections ravaged the city, and leaving its health care infrastructure stretched to the brink. At the height of the fourth wave, Delhi added an average of 25,294 cases a day in the seven days ending April 23.

News Source : The Indian Express