With 1.6 crore tests in India, there is still a long way to go

For the first time, a record number of more than 4,20,000 COVID tests have been conducted in a single day. This elevated number comes on the heels of 3,50,000 tests having been done over the last one week. With 4,20,898 samples tested in the last 24 hours, the Tests Per Million (TPM) has further increased to 11,485 and cumulative testing to 1,58,49,068. Both continue to maintain the upward trend.

Test Per 10 Lakh Population Top 5 Countries:

Country Population Total Tests Tests/ 10 Lakh Total Cases Tot Cases/ 10 Lakh Total Deaths Deaths/ 10 Lakh

China

1,43,93,23,776

9,04,10,000 62,814 83,830 58 4,634 3

USA

33,11,34,610

5,33,52,250 1,61,120 43,15,709 13,033 1,49,398

451

Russia

14,59,38,879

2,66,10,623 1,82,341 8,06,720 5,528 13,192 90

India

1,38,09,00,513

1,62,91,331 11,798 13,87,481 1,005 32,119

23

UK

6,79,10,360 1,45,68,733 2,14,529 2,98,681 4,398 45,738

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A strong factor contributing to this achievement is the persistent increase in the number of labs from merely one in January 2020 to 1301 today, inclusive of 902 government labs and 399 in the private sector.

32,223 COVID patients have recovered in the last 24 hours. The cumulative  number of recovered cases has reached 8,49,431 today. The recovery rate has achieved another high of 63.54%. The gap between recovered patients and active COVID-19 cases has further increased to 3,93,360.

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