Logging more than 90,000 new cases over two days in a row, India’s Covid-19 count increased by 75,809 in the past 24 hours to reach 42,80422 on Tuesday, while a record 1,133 deaths raised the death toll. to 72,775, data from the Union Ministry of Health. He showed.
During the same period, the number of recoveries increased to 33,23,950, bringing the recovery rate to 77.65 percent, according to data updated at 8 a.m. Tuesday.
“India has come a long way from conducting a single test at the National Institute of Virology laboratory in Pune in January 2020 to 5,06,50,128 today. 10,98,621 tests were performed in the last 24 hours, demonstrating the expanded testing capacity in the country, “the ministry said in an official statement.
Average daily tests performed (weekly) have shown a steady increase. This has registered an expansion of 3.2 times from the third week of July (3,26,971) to the first week of September (10,46,470).
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In its Guidance Note on “Public Health Criteria for Adjusting Public Health and Social Measures in the Context of COVID-19”, WHO has recommended that countries conduct 140 tests per day per million population for comprehensive surveillance of suspected cases. The weekly average Data for the week for India show increasing improvement on this front.
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The expansion of the diagnostic laboratory network has boosted Tests per Million. The MPR has seen a sharp rise from 6,396 on July 1 to 36,703 as of today. The network of testing laboratories in the country is continuously being strengthened, which today consists of 1,668 laboratories in the country; 1,035 laboratories in the government sector and 633 private laboratories. These include:
• Test laboratories based on real time RT PCR: 846 (Government: 467 + Private: 379)
• TrueNat-based test labs: 700 (Government: 534 + Private: 166)
• CBNAAT-based test labs: 122 (Government: 34 + Private: 88)
The COVID-19 fatality rate in India is 1.7 percent.
According to the data, there are 8,83,697 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country, which represent 20.65% of all cases.
The coronavirus infection count in India surpassed the 20 lakh mark on August 7, reached 30 lakh on August 23, and surpassed 40 lakh on September 5.
According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), the number of tests performed for COVID-19 detection in India reached 5,06,50,128 with 10,98,621 samples being analyzed on Monday.
Of the recent deaths, 423 were from Maharashtra, 141 from Karnataka, 89 from Tamil Nadu, 70 from Andhra Pradesh, 61 from Punjab, 58 from West Bengal, 56 from Uttar Pradesh, 32 from Delhi, 23 from Haryana, 17 each Madhya Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir, 15 from Chhattisgarh and Gujarat, 14 from Rajasthan and 13 from Jharkhand.
The Ministry of Health highlighted that more than 70 percent of deaths occurred due to comorbidities.
“Our figures are being reconciled with the Indian Council for Medical Research,” the ministry said on its website, adding that the distribution of the figures statewide is subject to further verification and reconciliation.
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