Delhi’s Covid-19 cases breach 300-mark third time this month

New Delhi: As many as 234 patients recovered in the last 24 hours and the recoveries are nearing 629,000 while the active cases have climbed to 1,812, the health depart ment’s bulletin showed.Delhi registered 320 fresh cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), the third time in March when the daily count went above the 300-mark, data from the health de partment’s bulletin showed. According to data, there were 312 cases on March 5 and 321 on March 6—the highest in nearly 1.5 months after 340 infections  were reported on January 14. The new infections have pushed the Capital’s caseload to 641,660 and the death toll has gone up to 10,928 after four related fatalities in the last 24 hours, according to the health department’s bul letin. As many as 234 pa tients recovered in the last 24 hours and the recover ies are nearing 629,000 while the active cases have climbed to 1,812, the bul letin added. The fresh Covid-19 cases on Tues day were a result of 66,744 tests carried out of which 40,885 were RT-PCR/CB NAAT/TruNat tests while the remaining 25,859 were rapid antigen tests.