India has exceeded the 140 tests per day for per million population, as advised by the World Health Organization (WHO) for comprehensive surveillance, of COVID-19 by nearly six times, said the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) on Monday.
India continues to occupy the top global position with the maximum number of COVID-19 recoveries and accounts for 21 per cent of the recovered cases worldwide, while its share in the total cases stands at 18.6 per cent, the Union health ministry said on Saturday.
The 41-year-old filmmaker, who recently made his directorial debut with Nawazuddin Siddiqui-starrer "Raat Akeli Hai", had revealed his coronavirus diagnosis on August 27.
With 82,170 new positive cases of coronavirus infection and 1,039 deaths in the last 24 hours, the total number of Covid-19 patients in the country has breached 60 lakh mark on Monday, as per the latest update by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW).
India's COVID-19 testing capacity has surged to more than 12 lakh daily tests, said Union Health Ministry on Wednesday. Taking to Twitter, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) said more than 6.5 cr total tests have been conducted across the country.
Speaking to reporters here, he said people "should not stress about numbers". The minister said the Delhi government is increasing the testing for COVID-19 and it wants that there should be no positive case in the city.
Presenting an analysis of COVID-19 cases and mortality on the basis of age, it also said that 36 per cent of the fatalities reported are in the age group of 45-60 years, 11 per cent in the age group of 26-44 years and 1 per cent each among people aged 18-25 years and those below 17 years.
ICMR Director General Balram Bhargava on Tuesday said "irresponsible" people not wearing masks and maintaining social distancing are driving the coronavirus pandemic in India.
India's coronavirus case fatality rate has continued to see the downward trend as it dropped to 1.93 per cent, the Union health ministry said on Monday. It also said that India's COVID 19 case fatality rate is one of the lowest globally. Meanwhile, the country's recovery rate is nearing 72 per cent.
India reported as many as 65,002 new coronavirus cases and 996 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. The country's coronavirus count has risen to 2,526,192 including 6,68,220 active cases, 18,08,936 discharged/migrated and 49,036 deaths.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday held consultations with chief ministers of around 10 states on the coronavirus situation. Chief ministers of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Punjab, Bihar, Gujarat, Telangana, and Uttar Pradesh were invited for the virtual meet.
India's COVID-19 tally breached the 20-lakh mark on Thursday, while the recoveries surged to 13.70 lakh, according to data provided by the states and union territories.
Veteran CPI(M) leader from Bengal Shyamal Chakraborty died on Thursday. He was suffering from coronavirus. Chakraborty breathed his last at a hospital in Kolkata today.
Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu are among the six states that have recorded more than one lakh coronavirus cases each since the outbreak of the pandemic. Other states include Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh. The country has recorded over 19 lakh cases and nearly 40,000 deaths due to the highly-infectious disease so far.
"On the 17th of July I was supposed to travel from Ludhiana to Mumbai, hence I got myself tested and came to know that I was corona positive," Jasleen wrote on Instagram.
More than 200 researchers, epidemiologists and public health professionals from India and abroad have urged government agencies to release data on registered deaths to understand the mortality impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in India.
The UK government on Wednesday announced an early access agreement with GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and Sanofi Pasteur for an estimated 60 million doses of an experimental new vaccine being tested to combat COVID-19.
India coronavirus cases have crossed 14.83 lakh-mark taking confirmed cases tally to 14,83,157 including 4,96,988 active cases, 9,52,744 cured, discharged or migrated and 33,425 deaths, according to health ministry's figures released on Tuesday. The country has witnessed a single-day spike of 47,704 positive cases and 654 deaths in the last 24 hours.
Like many other countries, India is battling a huge health crisis. The coronavirus pandemic has claimed countless lives throughout the world so far. Amid such dark times, what gives India some hope is the falling fatality rate and improving recovery rate.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will today launch high throughput (to make large scale repetition testing feasible) COVID-19 testing facilities via video conferencing.
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