New Delhi (NVI): India has crossed the 15 crore mark of cumulative COVID-19 testing across the country today after 9,22,959 samples were tested yesterday, the Union Ministry of Health said.
In a official statement, the Ministry of Health said, “As many as 9,22,959 samples were tested in the last 24 hours which has increased India’s total cumulative tests to 15,07,59,726.”
“The past one crore tests were added in just 10 days. Comprehensive and widespread testing on a sustained basis has resulted in bringing down the positivity rate,” it added.
The ministry said, the country has reported less than 40,000 new daily cases for eleven continuous days. In the last 24 hours, only 31,521 persons were found to be COVID positive in the country.
India also registered 37,725 new recoveries in the same duration, which has led to a further contraction of the active caseload. The country’s present active caseload of 3,72,293 consists of just 3.81 per cent of India’s total positive cases.
Meanwhile, the total recovered cases have surpassed 92.5 lakh (92,53,306) today, pushing the recovery rate to 94.74 per cent, the ministry said. “The gap between recovered cases and active cases is steadily increasing and presently stands at 8,881,013,” it added.
Notably, a total of 77.30 per cent of the new recovered cases is contributed by ten States and Union Territories.
Maharashtra saw 5,051 persons recovering from COVID-19, while Kerala and Delhi reported 4,647 and 4,177 new recoveries, respectively. Besides, ten States and UTs have contributed 74.65 per cent of the new cases, the ministry said.
Maharashtra also reported 4,981 new cases in the last 24 hours, followed by Kerala which recorded 4,875 cases and West Bengal with 2,956 daily cases.
Furthermore, the ministry informed, 77.67 per cent of the 412 case fatalities that have been reported in the last 24 hours are from ten States and UTs and the daily new deaths have been less than 500 from the past five days.
Out of these, 18.20 per cent of new fatalities reported are from Maharashtra which reported 75 deaths. Delhi also saw a figure fatality count of 50 contributing another 12.13 per cent of the fatalities, the statement added.
-RJV
