Over 1.1 crore samples tested for COVID-19: ICMR
| Date :14-Jul-2020 |
NEW DELHI ;
Total number of COVID-19 cases is 8,78,254, while the death toll climbed to 23,174
THE Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said on Monday that a total of 2,19,103 samples have been tested for coronavirus in the last 24 hours. With this, the total number of tests in India have reached 1,18,06,265. Meanwhile, ICMR is continuously scaling up its testing facilities for COVID-19 by giving approval to Government and private laboratories.
As of now, a total of 688 laboratories across India has been given the approval to conduct tests for coronavirus including 480 government laboratories and 208 private laboratories’ chains. Meanwhile, India saw yet another record single-day jump of 28,701 COVID-19 cases, pushing its tally to 8,78,254 on Monday, while the death toll climbed to 23,174 with 500 people succumbing to the infection, according to the Union Health Ministry data.
The number of recoveries stands at 5,53,470, while there are 3,01,609 active cases of coronavirus infection presently in the country and one person has migrated, the updated data at 8 am showed. “Thus, around 63.01 per cent of patients have recovered so far,” an official said. The total number of confirmed cases includes foreigners. This was the fourth consecutive day that cin the country have increased by more than 26,000.