New Delhi (NVI): The total number of tests conducted in India for the detection of COVID-19 infection nears 13.5 crore, resulting in an exponential increase in testing numbers.
“India has demonstrated a consistent increase in the COVID-19 testing infrastructure since January, 2020,” Ministry of Health said in a statement.
With 11,59,032 tests conducted in the last 24 hours, the cumulative tests have reached at 13,48,41,307, it added.
The ministry also sated that comprehensive and widespread testing on a sustained basis has resulted in bringing down the cumulative positivity rate.
However, the progressive decline in national cumulative positivity rate has demonstrated that the rate of spread of infection is being effectively contained. The cumulative COVID-19 positivity rate has been steadily falling and has touched 6.84 per cent today.
This declining trend of positivity rate is a testimony of the wide expansion of the country’s testing facilities. The daily positivity rate stands at 3.83 per cent as of today, the ministry said.
Meanwhile, the sustained and progressive expansion in testing infrastructure has played a crucial role in the steep rise of testing numbers.
“With 2,138 testing laboratories in the country including 1,167 government and 971 private labs, the daily testing capacity has got a substantial boost,” as per the ministry data.
As a result of this, tests per million per day in India is five times more than the World Health Organization (WHO) standard.
Currently, India’s active caseload stands at 4,44,746, which is 4.82 per cent of the total positive cases, and has been sustained below the 5 per cent mark.
Furthermore, the national recovery rate in the country continues to be above 93 per cent as 93.72 per cent of all cases have recovered so far. In the last 24 hours, the country registered 37,816 new recoveries, taking the total recovered cases to 86,42,771, the ministry added.
-RJV
