COVID-19 TESTS BREACH THE CEILING OF 2 LAKHS PER DAY

In a significant ramping of the testing facilities across the country, more than 2 lakh samples per day were tested in the last 24 hours till on 24 June, the highest so far.

• With 2,15,195 samples tested on 23 June, the total number of samples tested thus far is 73,52,911.
• While 1,71,587 samples were tested in Government labs, 43,608 were tested by private labs. Private labs have also reached the highest per day sampling with this quantity.
• As a testimony to the ever growing network of diagnostic labs for testing COVID-19, India now has 1000 labs across the country.
• This includes 730 in the government sector and 270 private labs.
• During the last 24 hours, a total of 10,495 COVID-19 patients have been cured. A total of 2,58,684 patients have been cured. The recovery rate is 56.71% amongst COVID-19 patients.
• Presently, there are 1,83,022 active cases and all are under active medical supervision.