Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
India crosses another landmark- records highest ever
tests in a single day
More than 10.5 lakh COVID tests conducted in the last 24 hrs
All State/UTs conducting more than 140 tests/day/million, as advised by WHO
Posted On: 30 AUG 2020 11:56AM by PIB Delhi
India has crossed a crucial
milestone in the fight against COVID-19. For the first time, a record number of
more than 10.5 lakh COVID tests have been conducted in a single day.
With 10,55,027 tests conducted
in the last 24 hours, India has further strengthened the national diagnostic
capacity of testing more than 10 lakh samples daily.
With this achievement, the
cumulative tests have crossed 4.14 crore (4,14,61,636). The Centre, keeping in
view the evolving global context of COVID-19, conceptualised and implemented
the Continuum of Care strategy of “Test, Track and Treat” in close coordination with the
State/UT governments. Pivoted on the strong pillar of aggressive testing, the
positive cases are identified early which enables and ensures that their
contacts are efficiently tracked in a timely manner. This is followed up with
prompt isolation in home or facility setting for the mild and moderate cases,
and hospitalisation for the severe and critical patients.
The exponential jump in the
testing capacity and cumulative tests has resulted in an upsurge in the Tests
Per Million. They stand at 30,044 today.
WHO in its Guidance Note on “Public
Health Criteria to Adjust Public Health and Social Measures in the Context of
COVID-19” has advised comprehensive surveillance for suspected
COVID-19 cases. WHO has advised that a country needs 140 tests/day/ million
population. In another row of achievements, all State/UTs have crossed the
advised number of tests. Several States have demonstrated better performance by
registering Positivity Rate lower than the national average.
The TESTING strategy also
ensured a steady expansion of the national lab network. Today, with 1003 labs
in the government sector and 580 private labs, 1583 labs are providing
comprehensive testing facilities to the people. These include:
• Real-Time RT PCR based testing labs: 811 (Govt: 463 + Private: 348)
• TrueNat based testing labs: 651 (Govt: 506 + Private: 145)
• CBNAAT based testing labs: 121 (Govt: 34 + Private: 87)
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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Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
India’s maintains its high Recovery Rate: total
Recoveries cross 27 lakh
Recovered Patients are more than 3.5 times the Active Cases
Posted On: 30 AUG 2020 2:08PM by PIB Delhi
With more
patients recovering and being discharged from hospitals and home isolation (in
case of mild and moderate cases), India's COVID-19 total recoveries have
crossed 27
lakh today. Recovery of 27,13,933 patients
has been made possible because of effective implementation of the Centre
conceived and led policy of TESTING aggressively, TRACKING comprehensively
through timely surveillance of close contacts,& TREATING effectively
through a widening medical care infrastructure across the country.
With the
recovery of 64,935 cases
in the last 24 hours, India's Recovery Rate amongst the COVID-19 patients has
improved to 76.61% and
is demonstrating a continuous progress. The number of patients recovering is on
a steady rise over the past several months.
The number
of recoveries in India today exceeds the active cases by 3.55 times.
India has
posted nearly 19.5 lakh (19,48,631)
recoveries more than the active cases (765302, which are under active medical
care). The record high recoveries have ensured that the actual caseload of the
country viz. the active cases, continues to decline and currently comprises
only 21.60% of the
total positive cases. This has aided the fast widening gap between the number
of patients recovered and the active cases.
Timely and
effective clinical management of the patients in critical care through a slew
of holistic measures has been instrumental in keeping the Case Fatality Rate
low and on a steady downward trajectory. It has further dipped to 1.79% today.
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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