India, Aug. 2 -- New Delhi: After around 40 days of Union Home Minister Amit Shah taking direct charge of the Covid-19 situation in Delhi, the virus' rate of infection graph in the national capital seems to be moving towards a plateau.

The total number of Covid-19 positive cases in Delhi since the last one week has remained around 1,000 a day on an average, while testing in the national capital has increased manifold, bringing down the test positivity rate drastically.

Delhi is currently testing more than 20,000 patients daily, both symptomatic and asymptomatic, and the test positivity rate in Delhi stands at 7.9% at present.

The active cases in Delhi have also started to decline since the last week of June. Currently, the rate of reco...