Delhi logged 606 fresh Covid cases -- the highest since last August -- on Thursday with a positivity rate of 16.98 per cent, according to data shared by the city government's Health department. The health bulletin said one more Covid-positive person died in the city. However, "Covid finding was incidental", it added.
The national capital recorded 620 cases on August 26.
On Wednesday, the city logged a positivity rate of 26.54 per cent, the highest in nearly 15 months, with 509 people testing positive in a single day. In January last year, the positivity rate had touched the 30-per cent mark.
Delhi saw 521 cases on Tuesday and one fatality. The positivity rate stood at 15.64 per cent.