New Delhi: Coronavirus case hold in India crossed the 66-lakh mark on Monday (October 5, 2020)
with 74,442 new cases reported in the last 24 hours.
The total coronavirus cases in India stand at 66,23,816 including 9,34,427 active cases, 55,86,704
cured/discharged/migrated cases as per the Ministry of Health and family welfare.
The death toll in India surged to 1,02,685 deaths with 903 deaths reported in the last 24 hours.
As per ICMR, a total of 7,99,82,394 COVID-19 samples were tested in India till October 4 out of
which 9,89,860 were tested yesterday.
Meanwhile, the Union Ministry of Health said that India has exceeded 140 tests per day per million
population as advised by the World Health Organisation by nearly 6 times. Several states/UTs have
demonstrated better performance than the national average.
India has exceeded the 140 tests per day per million population for the coronavirus disease (Covid-19)
recommendation by World Health Organization (WHO) by nearly six times, the Union ministry of health
and family welfare said on Monday.
“India has exceeded 140 tests/day/million population as advised by @WHO by nearly 6 times. Several
States/UTs have demonstrated better performance than the national average,” the health ministry said in a
tweet.
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.
Nine states are conducting more than 1,000 Covid-19 tests per day per million population, according to
the ministry. 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 (ICMR’s) data.
The government has also credited massive testing across states for the country’s sustained low Covid-19
fatality rate (CFR). India had conducted the first test for the viral infection on January 23 at ICMR’s
Pune-based National Institute of Virology (NIV). The country has now expanded its testing network by
1,751 laboratories, including those from the government and private sector.
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.
