Over 5,000 coronavirus cases reported from Delhi on Wednesday

Delhi recorded over 5,000 new coronavirus cases in a single day, the highest ever single day spike.

On Wednesday, 5,673 new cases of the infection were reported in the daily health bulletin, taking the total number of cases reported so far to 3,70,014 and the death toll to 6,396.

The 4,853 cases reported on Tuesday were highest so far.


Before that, 4,473 new cases reported on September 16 had been the highest number of cases in the city during the second surge.

The city had seen the first surge in cases in June-July, when the union home ministry had stepped in to control the spread of the infection. An expert committee headed by NITI Ayog member Dr VK Paul had said that the number of cases in Delhi could go up to 15,000 a day during the winter months.

The positivity rate – proportion of samples that returned positive among those tested – were recorded over 9%.