New Delhi: India is close to reaching a milestone in testing samples for novel Coronavirus infection. Till date, more than 9 crore Covid-19 tests have been conducted in the country, apparently among the highest in the world.
It is indeed a long and arduous journey. Starting from 1 lab in Pune in January this year, the Health Ministry augmented facilities and labs and today, the total samples tested stands at 9 crore and 90 thousand. In last 24 hours, over 11.45 lakh tests were conducted.
The Ministry said that the country’s COVID-19 recovery rate has reached 87.05%. In past 24 hours, more than 74,000 COVID patients have been recovered. The total number of recoveries has reached over 63 lakh.
The actual caseload of the country has reduced and currently comprises only 11.42% of total positive cases while total number of active cases remains below 9 lakh for a week now.
In last 24 hours, 63,509 new cases have been reported taking the total number of positive cases to over 72 lakh. The Health Ministry says, effective implementation of Test-Track-Treat approach has led to higher recoveries and lower fatality.
In last 24 hours, 730 deaths were reported taking the total death toll to 1,10,586.
WHO hails ‘Aarogya Setu’ App for identifying COVID-19 clusters
Meanwhile, the WHO Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has acknowledged and lauded India’s Covid-109 tracking App ‘Aarogya Setu’ for its role in identifying cluster areas and in turn helping health authorities expand testing in a targeted way.
Mr. Ghebreyesus said the pandemic can be overcome quickly if countries use the right tools.
