With 828 tests per day per million, India has crossed the optimum 140 tests-per-day recommended by the (WHO). This is nearly six times higher than the stipulated standards of the WHO
According to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, many Indian states and UTs are performing significantly better than even the national average in conducting tests. Nine states are conducting more than 1,000 Covid-19 tests per day per million population.
According to a graph posted along with the tweet, India is on an average conducting 828 tests per day per million population, with Delhi, Goa, and Karnataka performing the highest number of average daily tests at 2,717, 1,319, and 1,261 respectively while Rajasthan was the lowest with 280 tests. The government has also credited massive testing across states for the country’s sustained low Covid-19 fatality rate. India had conducted the first test for the infection on January 23 at ICMR’s Pune-based National Institute of Virology.
As of Sunday, a total of 7,99,82,394 tests had been conducted in the country with 989,860 samples on that day, according to the Indian Council of Medical Research’s data. The country has now expanded its testing network by 1,751 laboratories, including those from the government and private sectors.
India recorded a one-day jump of 74,442 Covid-19 cases and 903 fatalities in the last 24 hours pushing its tally past 6.6 million, the health ministry’s data showed on Monday morning. Recoveries from the viral disease have soared past 5.58 million.