Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Tuesday said while the number of daily new infections in the capital has started reducing, but his government cannot be at ease till the positivity rate drops below five percent.
In Delhi, the number of cases has dipped to around 12,500 from a high of around 28,000. He said the positivity rate has also reduced to 19 percent from a maximum of 36 percent in April.
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had on Monday expressed hope that the peak of the second wave of the pandemic in Delhi has passed.