Following “TEST, TRACK, TREAT” strategy, India tests nearly 37 million

Keeping the focus on “Test, Track and Treat” strategy, India has tested nearly 37 million cumulative COVID-19 samples so far. With India’s strong resolve to rapidly increase the number of daily tests, the cumulative testing as on date has reached 3,68,27,520. With 9,25,383 tests conducted in the last 24 hours, the Tests Per Million have seen a sharp rise to 26,685. As the first step towards timely identification, prompt isolation and effective treatment, higher testing also results in limiting the spread of infection.

Starting from a single lab at Pune, India’s testing lab network has seen a substantial widening with total of 1524 labs this week. The 986 labs in the government sector and 538 private labs include:

• Real-Time RT PCR based testing labs: 787 (Govt: 459 + Private: 328)

• TrueNat based testing labs: 619 (Govt: 493 + Private: 126)

• CBNAAT based testing labs: 118 (Govt: 34 + Private: 84)

Highest ever single day recoveries of 66,550 in a day this week; total recoveries cross 2.4 million; more than 100% increase in recovered cases in last 25 days

India has registered the highest recoveries in a single day. 66,550 COVID-19 patients have recovered and been discharged on Monday. The total number of recoveries has crossed 24,04,585.With this, India's Recovery Rate amongst the COVID-19 patients has reached 76% (75.92%). The number of recovered patients has outpaced the active cases (7,04,348) by more than 1.7 million. The recovered patients are 3.41 times the active cases, as on date. There has been more than 100% hike in the recoveries in the last 25 days. The record high recoveries have ensured that the actual caseload of the country viz. the active cases, has reduced and currently comprises only 22.24% of the total positive cases. The steadily falling Case Fatality Rates stands at 1.84% as on Monday this week.

-TIN Bureau