Ministry of Health
and Family Welfare
India reaches another peak of highest single day
recoveries
68,584 recover in the last 24 hours
26 States & UTs report higher than 70% Recovery Rate
Posted On: 03 SEP
2020 3:00PM by PIB
Matching the achievement of highest single tests of more than 11.7 lakhs in the last 24 hours,
With this,
The recovered patients have increased to more than 3.6 times the active cases, as on date. The record high recoveries have
ensured that the actual caseload of the country viz. the active cases, has
reduced and currently comprises only 21.16% of the total positive cases
Focus on improved and effective clinical treatment in
hospitals, supervised home isolation, use of non-invasive oxygen support,
improved services of the ambulances for ferrying patients for prompt and timely
treatment, upgradation of clinical management skills of doctors treating
COVID-19 patients by active technical guidance through tele-consultation
sessions of AIIMS, New Delhi, use of steroids and anti-coagulants, etc., have
together resulted in seamless efficient patient management.
These measures have ensured that
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Ministry of Health
and Family Welfare
More than 11.7 lakh COVID tests conducted in the last 24 hrs
More than 4.5 cr Total Tests conducted
Posted On: 03 SEP
2020 11:59AM by PIB
Continuing
the spree of conducting more than 10 lakh tests per day from the last two days,
Over
11.7 lakh (11,72,179) tests were done in the last 24 hours. With this
achievement, the cumulative tests are more than 4.5 crore (4,55,09,380).
This
demonstrates an exponential increase in the daily COVID-19 testing in the
country. From conducting merely 10 tests per day on 30th January, the daily
average has crossed more than 11 lakhs today
This surge in testing has been made possible by an equally
speedy expansion in the testing lab network across the country.
• Real-Time
RT PCR based testing labs: 823 (Govt: 465 + Private: 358)
• TrueNat based
testing labs: 678 (Govt: 523 + Private: 155)
• CBNAAT based
testing labs: 122 (Govt: 34 + Private: 88)
Also, state-of-the-art high throughput machines including
Cobas 6800/8800 are installed at 5 sites: ICMR-Rajendra Memorial Research
Institute of Medical Sciences,
The testing capacity was augmented gradually with RT-PCR is
the gold standard test in the phase-1 covering Large cities / Urban areas,
followed by Molecular assays with short turn-around-time at the district level
in the second phase. In phase-3, Antigen tests are recommended in containment
zones and hospital tests where no molecular tests are available.
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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