Published 11:04 IST, October 6th 2020
India's Covid positivity rate below 10%: Centre has message for states above national avg
As per MoHFW latest update, the COVID-19 positivity rate in India is steadily maintained below 10% and the testing capacity has also been increased.
As the COVID-19 cases continue to surge globally, India's positivity rate is steadily maintained below 10%, said the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW). According to the latest update by MoHFW, the cumulative positivity rate is 8.28% and the daily figure is 7.52%. The fresh Coronavirus statistics reveal that many states and Union Territories have higher positivity rate as compared to the national average and therefore have an urgent need for increased testing.
Positivity test is an indicator which is used to check the prevalence of COVID-19 infection in the community. Positivity rate shows the portion of people who test positive among those who are tested.
MoHFW: 'India scales up COVID-19 testing'
In another tweet, the Ministry of Health wrote that the Central government of India along with Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has ramped up the COVID-19 testing in a calibrated manner. India has also performed over 15 lakh tests in a single day. According to MoHFW, high levels of testings helps in early identification of COVID-19, prompt isolation, and ensure effective treatment for all the patients.
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India: ICMR's COVID-19 test update
As per the latest tweet by ICMR, so far over 7,99,82,394 successful COVID-19 tests have been performed. On October 4 the total number of samples tested were 9,89,860. India has exponentially scaled up its testing capacity from one in January to more than 7.9 cr in October.
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As India has breached the 66 lakh mark, so far, over 66,23,815 positive COVID-19 cases have been recorded. Out of the total cases, 55,86,703 have successfully recovered while 1,02,685 have died. As per the latest update by MoHFW, in the past 24 hours, 74442 new cases, 76737 recoveries and 903 deaths have been recorded. Currently, the total number of active Coronavirus cases in India is 9,34,427.
Updated 11:04 IST, October 6th 2020