The guiding principle of Test, Track, Treat by Centre and States/UTs has led to the early diagnosis and enhanced recoveries of COVID19 patients in the country.
As of Tuesday, India’s cumulative tests have crossed 4.3 crores (4,33,24,834) while 1,22,66,514 tests were conducted in the last two weeks alone.
States/UTs are progressively increasing their testing capacity. The states contributing maximum to the overall number of tests include Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra among others. These three states account for nearly 34% of the total testing.
India’s per day testing capacity has crossed 10 lakh tests and 10,16,920 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours.
There has been sustained growth in the average weekly numbers of tests. The weekly average tests have multiplied by more than 4 times since the first week of July 2020.
Expanded diagnostic lab network and facilitation for easy testing across the country have given a substantial boost. The Tests Per Million (TPM) have also seen a sharp increase to 31,394.
22 States/UTs have better TPM than the National Average.
Goa, Delhi, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu are reporting the maximum number of tests in a day.
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Technical queries related to COVID-19 may be sent to technicalquery.covid19@gov.in and other queries on ncov2019@gov.in and @CovidIndiaSeva
In case of any queries on COVID-19, please call at the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare helpline no.: +91-11-23978046 or 1075 (Toll-free).
List of helpline numbers of States/UTs on COVID-19 is also available at https://www.mohfw.gov.in/pdf/coronvavirushelplinenumber.pdf