Over 11 lakh 36 thousand COVID samples were tested in the country in the last 24 hours. With this the cumulative testing figure has risen up to over 9 crore 12 lakh 26 thousand. India’s testing capacity has touched 15 lakh per day ensuring easily accessible COVID19 tests for all. Health Ministry has said that very high levels of Testing lead to early identification, prompt isolation and effective treatment of COVID19 cases. It said, this also leads to low Fatality Rate. Starting from just one testing lab at National Institute of Virology, Pune, in January this year, the country today has one thousand 944 labs for testing Covid samples which includes one thousand 111 government and 833 private labs. Tests done per million of the population has also risen manifold in a span of 2 months and currently around 21 States and UTs have recorded higher tests per million than the national average. Despite increase in testing, the positivity rate remains low and hovers around 8 per cent. Nearly 20 states have registered positivity rate even lower than the national average.
