India reported 1,247 fresh Covid-19 cases, as per Union Health Ministry updates data. The country’s active caseload stood at 11,860 on Tuesday, as per the Health Ministry data.

This comes following Delhi’s Covid-19 positivity rate shooting up on Monday to 7.72 per cent even as the city recorded 501 fresh cases, 16 less than the previous day, according to health department data. Officials said that the last time the positivity rate was above seven per cent in the city was on January 29 (7.4 per cent) and on January 28 (8.6 per cent).

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Barring Sunday, Delhi has witnessed an upward trend in daily Covid-19 cases positivity rate in the last few days. Despite fewer tests, the positivity rate in the city on Monday rose to 7.72 per cent. The national capital on Sunday recorded a 4.21 per cent positivity rate.