Delhi’s fightback story: Active Covid cases down 94% in 10 weeks

NEW DELHI: On November 14, 2020, when the capital was battling its third and deadliest Covid wave, 7,340 new cases and a positivity rate of 14.8% had been recorded. The number of active cases stood at 44,456 that day, the highest till date. Nine weeks from that Saturday, the number of active cases has crashed by 93.9% to 2,691 on January 16, when the first phase of vaccination started. Over the past 24 hours, 299 new Covid-19 cases have been reported with a positivity rate of 0.4%. There were 96…