new delhi the national capital delhi recorded more than 3000 cases of covid in the past one week while the tally of active cases increased by over 121 per cent in the same period according to official datathe city logged 606 cases on thursday the highest in over seven months with a positivity rate of 1698 per cent the city had recorded 620 cases on august 26according to data shared by the delhi governments health department the active cases tally on thursday stood at 2060 a jump of over 121 per cent since march 30 when the corresponding figure was 932 read alsoremain cautious and wear mask focus should be on clinical cases experts on covid surge in delhidelhi recorded 416 fresh covid cases on saturday the highest in over seven months with a positivity rate of 1437 per cent according to data shared by the city health department while the government did not issue a bulletin on friday the numbers on thursday stood at 295 while the positivityin the march 30april 6 period six fatalities have been recorded including two deaths on april 3 according to health department bulletins shared over these days covid finding was incidental in all the cases the positivity rate too has seen a rise in the past one week on april 5 the city logged a positivity rate of 2654 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 30per cent mark delhi has witnessed a spurt in the number of fresh covid infections over the last few days amid a sharp rise in h3n2 influenza cases in the country the city saw 295 cases on march 30 and zero fatality the positivity rate stood at 1248 per cent then as on thursday the citys covid death toll stood at 26534 while its case tally had risen to 2012670 the data showed that 3569 covid tests were conducted on wednesday after march 30 the daily cases count increased to 416 on april 1 and 429 on april 2 the city saw 521 cases on april 4 and 509 on april 5 the total number of cases logged in the match 30april 6 period stands at 3069 the delhi government has maintained that it is keeping an eye on the spurt in covid cases and is prepared to face any eventuality addressing reporters after chairing a review meeting on the covid situation delhi chief minister arvind kejriwal last week had said there was no need to worry for now and that the city government was taking all required steps the number of fresh cases had dropped to zero on january 16 the first time since the outbreak of the pandemic the rise in cases is being reported since the past couple of weeks nearly 120 of the 7989 beds in dedicated covid hospitals in the city are occupied while 1337 patients are in home isolation the health