Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
COVID Tests cross 1 crore milestone
Total number of COVID labs cross 1100
Recovered cases more than 4.24 lakhs, exceed active cases by more than 1.7 lakh
National Recovery Rate improves to 60.86%
Total number of COVID labs cross 1100
Recovered cases more than 4.24 lakhs, exceed active cases by more than 1.7 lakh
National Recovery Rate improves to 60.86%
Posted On: 06 JUL 2020 6:01PM by PIB Delhi
In a significant achievement,
the number of COVID tests has crossed the 10 million (1 crore) milestone.
This signifies the importance
accorded to widespread testing and the focussed “Test, Trace, Treat”
strategy with several follow-up measures taken in tandem by the Central
government and the States/UTs.
During the last 24 hours
3,46,459 samples have been tested. The cumulative number of samples tested, as
of now is 1,01,35,525.
This achievement has also been
possible by the continuously expanding network of testing labs throughout the
country. As on date, more than 1105 labs have enables people to undergo COVID
tests. There are 788 labs in the government sector and 317 private labs.
The various kinds of tests for COVID-19 and the labs providing these are
as follows:
• Real-Time RT PCR based testing labs: 592 (Govt: 368 +
Private: 224)
• TrueNat based testing labs: 421 (Govt: 387 + Private:
34)
• CBNAAT based testing labs: 92 (Govt: 33 + Private: 59)
Consistent and focussed
efforts for containment and management of COVID-19 by Government of India along
with the States/UTs have led to the number of recovered cases among COVID-19
patients rise to 4,24,432 as of today. During the last 24 hours, a total of
15,350 COVID-19 patients have been cured.
There are 1,71,145 more recovered patients than COVID-19 active cases. This takes the national recovery rate amongst COVID-19 to 60.86%.
There are 2,53,287 active cases and all are under active medical supervision.
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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UPDATES ON COVID-19 AS ON 6.7.2020
National COVID Positivity Rate is 6.73% while many States report lower Positivity Rate
Central efforts lead to Significant Jump in testing in Delhi while the Positivity Rate declines
National COVID Positivity Rate is 6.73% while many States report lower Positivity Rate
Central efforts lead to Significant Jump in testing in Delhi while the Positivity Rate declines
Posted On: 06 JUL 2020 2:53PM by PIB Delhi
The Union Government and the State/UT governments have made a joint
coordinated effort to effectively manage the COVID-19 pandemic in the country.
As part of the coordinated efforts, the Union government has emphasized on
increasing testing, prompt contact tracing and timely clinical management of
the cases. It has also helped the States to significantly ramp up testing
capacities.
This has resulted in reduced positivity in the country. Currently the
national Positivity Rate stands at 6.73%.
As on 5th July 2020, the States with their Positivity Rate lesser than the
national average and tests per million higher than the national average are:
Serial
No.
|
State
|
Positivity
rate (in %)
|
Tests
per million
|
1
|
India
(National)
|
6.73
|
6,859
|
2
|
Puducherry
|
5.55
|
12,592
|
3
|
Chandigarh
|
4.36
|
9,090
|
4
|
Assam
|
2.84
|
9,987
|
5
|
Tripura
|
2.72
|
10,941
|
6
|
Karnataka
|
2.64
|
9,803
|
7
|
Rajasthan
|
2.51
|
10,445
|
8
|
Goa
|
2.5
|
44,129
|
9
|
Punjab
|
1.92
|
10,257
|
In Delhi, the efforts being made by the UT were significantly bolstered by
the Central Government to ensure increase in testing. Tests were ramped up
through increased RT-PCR testing along with the new Rapid Antigen Point-of-Care
(POC) tests which gives results in only about 30 min.
As a result of concerted and focused efforts by Government of India to
augment efforts, the average number of samples being tested per day which was
only 5481 (1st-5th June 2020) has witnessed a huge increase to reach an average of
18,766 samples per day between 1st to 5th July 2020. In spite of
significantly increased testing in Delhi, the positivity rate has seen a
substantial decrease from about 30% to 10% in the last three weeks.
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