Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
35 States/UTs performing more than
140 Tests/day/million population
22 States/UTs report Positivity Rate less than National Average
For the 17th Day, number of Active Cases below 1 million
Posted
On: 08 OCT 2020 11:20AM by PIB
In another row of achievements, 35 States/UTs have exceeded the advised number of tests. The national average of tests per day per million population stands at 865.
Nearly 12 lakh tests were conducted in the
last 24 hours in the country. With 11,94,321 tests
conducted in the last 24 hours, the cumulative tests have crossed 8.34 crore (8,34,65,975).
As evidence has revealed, higher numbers
of testing on a sustained basis have aided in bringing down the positivity
rate. The sharp decline in national cumulative positivity rate has demonstrated
that the rate of spread of infection is being contained.
Higher testing across wide regions leads to early identification of positive cases, prompt tracking through efficient surveillance and tracing, and timely & effective treatment in homes/facilities and in hospitals for the severe cases. These measures in tandem eventually lead to lower mortality rate.
7 States/UTs have reported positivity rate less than 5%.
This is a result of successful TEST, TRACK, TRACE, TREAT and TECHNOLOGY strategy of the Central government effectively followed by States/UTs.
22 States/UTs have positivity rate less than the national average. The cumulative Positivity Rate is 8.19% and is on a continuous decline.
Maintaining the spree of registering more recoveries than
the new confirmed cases, 83,011 single day recoveries were registered in last 24 hours as against 78,524 new
confirmed cases. The total recovered cases stand at 58,27,704. The gap between Recovered cases and Active cases has crossed 49 lakh (49,25,279).
The Active Cases are less than 10 lakh for the 17th day in a row. Presently the active
cases comprise merely 13.20% of the total positive cases of the country standing at 9,02,425.
Higher number of recoveries has aided the national Recovery
Rate to further improve to 85.25%.
75% of the
new recovered cases are observed to be concentrated in 10 States/UTs.
78,524 new confirmed cases were recorded in last 24 hours.
79% of the new cases are from 10 States and UTs.
971 case fatalities have been reported in the past 24 hours.
Of these, nearly 82% are
concentrated in ten State/UTs of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, West
Bengal, Uttar Pradesh,
More than 36% of new fatalities are
reported are from
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