New Delhi (NVI): For the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak in India, the number of recovered COVID-19 patients has exceeded the total active cases in the country by a margin of 1,573 cases, Union Health Ministry said today.
According to the Ministry, the number of active cases in the country stands at 1,33,632, while 1,35,205 people have been treated and discharged.
As many as 5,991 patients have been cured of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours. The recovery rate now stands at 48.88 per cent, it said.
In addition to this, the number of tests conducted by ICMR has exceeded 50 lakhs, it stands at 50,61,332 today.
ICMR has continued to ramp up the testing capacity for detecting the novel coronavirus in the infected persons. The number of government labs has been increased to 590 and private labs has been increased to 233 (a total of 823).
Central Teams are being deputed in six cities of Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Chennai Kolkata, Delhi and Bengaluru, to provide technical support and handhold the State Health Departments and Municipal Health Officials to review public health measures being undertaken for COVID-19.
