new delhi the national capital recorded 49 fresh covid19 cases and one death due to the disease on thursday while the positivity rate dropped to 008 per cent according to the data shared by the health department here the single new fatality has pushed the death toll in the city to 25040 according to the latest bulletinfile a health worker inoculates a dose of covid19 vaccine to a young girl at a vaccination centre in pandara park in new delhi toi photo rajesh mehtaon wednesday the national capital had recorded 62 cases and four fatalities and a positivity rate of 009 per cent while on tuesday the city had logged 44 cases and five deaths with a positivity rate of 007 per cent the infection rate which had reached 36 per cent in the last week of april has come down to 008 per cent now on february 16 94 people were diagnosed covid positive while the daily tally was 96 on january 27 according to official figures