New Delhi: India’s coronavirus tests count has crossed 10 Million and total number of cases crossed the seven lakh-mark. 22,252 fresh cases and 467 deaths in the last 24 hours have pushed the total cases in the country to 7,19,665 and the death count to 20,160, as per the Union Health Ministry reports. The recovery rate has improved to 60.86% nationally.
After crossing the 1 crore testing milestone, the Health Mnistry said that it was achieved due the significance accorded to widespread testing and the focussed “Test, Trace, Treat” strategy with several follow-up measures taken in tandem by the Central government and the States/UTs.
The Health ministry in their statement said that this significant achievement has also been possible by the continuously expanding network of testing labs throughout the country. As on date, more than 1105 labs have enables people to undergo Covid tests. There are 788 labs in the government sector and 317 private labs.
