India has now conducted more than 4 million rupees of Covid-19 testing since the pandemic outbreak, the Center stated on Sunday.
The country has been conducting more than nine lakhs of Covid-19 sample tests over the past three days, while the number of such tests per 10 lakhs of people has also risen to 29,280, the country’s Health Ministry said on Saturday. the Union as the total number of coronavirus cases increased. to 34,63,972 in the country.
Single-day testing has also seen an increase. Having already reached the test capacity of 10 lakhs of tests per day, 9,28,761 tests performed in the last 24 hours.
With the focused, consistent and coordinated efforts led by the Center and implemented by the states and territories of the Union, the country has set a new milestone of testing 4,04,06,609 people for COVID-19 so far, the ministry said.
“This has propelled tests per million (TPM) with a sharp increase to 29,280. As seen in many states and territories in the Union that have increased testing, the positivity rate will eventually drop with higher levels of testing. The rate national positivity has remained low at 8.57 percent and is constantly falling, “the ministry highlighted.
The number of tests for the detection of COVID-19 had crossed the three crore mark in the country on August 17.
India has come a long way from conducting the first COVID-19 test in January in a laboratory in Pune to crossing the milestone of conducting four million million such tests.
The country is following the strategic approach of “test, trace and treat”, where testing forms the initial and crucial pillar of COVID response and management.
It is only through aggressive testing that positive cases are identified at an early stage, their close contacts are immediately tracked and isolated, and timely and effective treatment is guaranteed for those in home or hospital isolation, the ministry stressed.
The expansion of the diagnostic laboratory network and the facilitation of testing throughout the country through various policy measures have given a substantial boost to this increase in national testing rates.
Currently, there are 1,576 laboratories in the country, 1,002 in the government sector and 574 private, where COVID-19 tests can be performed, the ministry said.
India’s COVID-19 count increased to 34,63,972 with a single-day increase of 76,472 cases, while the number of deaths due to the disease rose to 62,550 with 1,021 people succumbing to it within 24 hours. , the health ministry data were updated at 8 am showed.
At the same time, the number of recoveries increased to 26,48,998, bringing the recovery rate to 76.47%, according to the data.
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