India conducts 2 crore Covid tests so far

August 04, 2020 16:43

Union Health Ministry briefing on the Covid-19 situation in the country. Highlights:

-- More than 2 crore COVID-19 tests have been conducted, including more than 6.6 lakh tests in the last 24 hours. Recovered cases are now double of the active cases. The case fatality rate is lowest since the first lockdown.

-- Many states have increased their testing capacity, both RT - PCR & Rapid Antigen tests. 28 states & union territories performing more than 140 tests per day per million population. Goa, Delhi, Tripura, & Tamil Nadu have increased their testing capacity.

-- Cumulative positivity of India is 8.89%. States with positivity less than 10% are Punjab, Rajasthan, MP, UP, Haryana, Assam, West Bengal and Karnataka. Last week's positivity of India was 11% which means a few states are showing rise in COVID-19 cases.

-- This is the first time after the first lockdown that the fatality rate is at the lowest, at 2.10%. Fatality rate has seen a progressive decline and it is continuing, which is a good sign.

-- Oxford vaccine, being manufactured by Serum Institute of India got approval for phase 2 and 3 clinical trials, which are starting within a week at 17 sites.

-- Currently, 5,86,298 active COVID-19 cases are in India and over 12 lakh people have recovered. 50% deaths due to COVID19 have taken place among the age group of 60 yrs or above and 37% deaths took place in the age group between 45 to 60 years.

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