Saloni Subha ( Intern Journalist ) Increasing testing capacity, India has examined over seven samples for covid-19 in the day, taking the cumulative tests done so far to 2,41,06,535, the Union health ministry on Sunday.
The number of recoveries has also increased from 53,879 to 14,50,884 coronavirus patients recovered and discharged in one day, the highest in a day so far, pushing the recovering rate to 68.78%. The fatality rate has also reduced to 2.01%, it said.
The ministry said that the number of single-day tests has been increasing exponentially and India has been testing over six lakhs samples daily for several days.”A record 7,19,364 samples have been tested on Saturday, the highest in a day so far. India is conducting around 500 tests for detection of Covid-19 per minute and the per day testing capacity has increased over five lakhs,” at ICMR, Dr. Lokesh Sharma informed.
Such an increased level of testing will also lead to a high number of daily positive cases, the health ministry said, adding states have been advised to firmly focus on comprehensive tracking, prompt isolation, and effective treatment, following center-led strategy ‘test track and treat’.
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