The city reported less than a thousand cases on Friday, causing a two per cent drop in the test positivity rate, too. In the last 24 hours, the city reported 978 fresh Covid cases out of 12,452 samples that tested positive. On the other hand, 1,896 people recovered from Covid in a day. Two deaths were reported in the last 24 hours. On Friday, the city’s TPR was 8 per cent, which was at 10 per cent on Thursday. Out of 978 fresh cases, 54 patients needed hospitalisation and four are on oxygen support. The total Covid tally stands at 1,113,470.