new delhi delhi recorded 45 deaths due to covid19 on saturday the highest since june 5 and 11486 fresh cases with a positivity rate of 1636 per cent the number of tests conducted a day ago stood at 70226 according to data shared by the health departmentwith the fresh coronavirus cases the total infection tally in the national capital rose to 1782514 the death toll increased to 25586 on june 5 the city had registered 60 deaths and 414 coronavirus casesdelhi had logged 10756 fresh covid cases and 38 fatalities due to the infection on friday while the positivity rate had declined to 1804 on thursday the infection tally was 12306 and 43 fatalities were also reported on saturday the number of cases reported stood at 11486 with a lower positivity rate of 1636 the health bulletin statedon january 13 the national capital had reported 28867 covid19 cases the sharpest singleday spike since the beginning of the pandemic delhis previous biggest daily jump of 28395 cases was recorded on april 20 last yearas many as 434 people have succumbed to the disease so far in january the capital saw 130 fatalities in the last six monthsnine in december seven in november four in october five in september and 29 in august in july covid19 claimed 76 lives in the cityhospitals designated for covid management say most of the deaths are happening in persons suffering from comorbiditiesat present the delhi government data shows there are 58593 active cases of covid19 in the city of them 2504 are hospitalised the occupancy of covid beds is 16 of the hospitalised patients 876 are on oxygen support and 160 on ventilator supportdr arun gupta president of delhi medical council said an analysis of the recent deaths due to covid19 at lok nayak hospital which has been designated for covid management suggested that less people were dying of covid and more with covid and therefore the government needed to do proper death auditing and categorise accordingly this also highlights the need that people should not ignore other health issues and be in touch with doctors for noncovid problems also the council president said