Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
India records highest ever more than 4.2 lakh COVID
tests in a single day
Nearly 1.6 cr samples tested so far
Sharp decline in Case Fatality Rate to 2.35%
Nearly 1.6 cr samples tested so far
Sharp decline in Case Fatality Rate to 2.35%
Posted On: 25 JUL 2020 2:25PM by PIB Delhi
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 very
day consistently 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.
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. Revised facilitative guidelines of testing by ICMR and
all-round efforts by the governments have also aided in widespread testing.
The Union Government has advised
all State/UT governments to keep up the strategy of “Test, Track and Treat”
with aggressive testing which may lead to higher number of daily positive cases
initially but would eventually achieve a decline as has been demonstrated after
Union Government’s targeted efforts in the NCT of Delhi.
With effective and standardized
clinical management protocols based on holistic Standard of Care approach, the
Case Fatality Rate continues on its downward trend which means that the
collective efforts of the Centre and State/UT governments have resulted to keep
a check on the mortality due to COVID-19. It has significantly dipped to 2.35%
today. India has one of the lowest fatality rates in the world.
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.
For all authentic & updated
information on COVID-19 related technical issues, guidelines & advisories
please regularly visit: https://www.mohfw.gov.in/ and @MoHFW_INDIA.
Technical queries related to
COVID-19 may be sent to technicalquery.covid19@gov.in and other queries on
ncov2019@gov.in and @CovidIndiaSeva .
In case of any queries on
COVID-19, please call at the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare helpline
no.: +91-11-23978046 or 1075 (Toll-free). List of helpline numbers of
States/UTs on COVID-19 is also available at https://www.mohfw.gov.in/pdf/coronvavirushelplinenumber.pdf.
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