Delhi recorded 7,897 fresh Covid-19 cases on Saturday, while 39 more people died due to the infection, taking the death toll to 11,235.

The positivity rate recorded 10.21 per cent on Saturday, according to the health department. The national Capital has seen a massive spike in cases in the last few weeks.

According to the health bulletin, 77,374 tests were conducted on Friday, including 43,473 RT-PCR tests and 33,901 rapid antigen tests.

The number of cumulative positive cases on Saturday stood at 714423. Over 674415 patients have recovered from the virus, the bulletin said.

The number of people under home isolation increased to 13,188 from 15,266 on Thursday while the number of containment zones mounted to 5,236 from 4,768 a day before, the bulletin said.

According to the health department of the Delhi Government the highest single-day spike in Delhi till date -- 8,593 cases -- was reported on November 11 in 2020, while on November 19, the city had recorded 131 COVID-19 deaths, the highest single-day fatality count till date. On Friday 8,521 cases were reported in Delhi, highest since November 11 last year.

The city had recorded 7,437 cases on Thursday, which was the first time that over 7,000 cases had been reported in a day this year. On the preceding two days, the case count had stood above 5,000.

On November 27 last year, the city had recorded 5,482 cases and 6,224 cases on November 24 and 7,486 on November 18, as per official data.

Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Wednesday had warned that the new cases "could cross" the last single-day spike record registered in November, given the pace of the spread of infection.