COVID-19 recovery rate improves to 62.42; All important numbers you need to know for the day-

New Delhi, July 10: "COVID-19 recovery rate has improved to 62.42 per cent and 4,95,513 people have recovered in the country so far", said the Health Ministry today. In the past 24 hours alone, it added, 19,135 people have recovered from the highly infectious disease. Presently, the total number of active corona cases in the country is 2,76,685.

 

 

The Health and Family Welfare Ministry said, a total of 26,506 new cases of Covid-19 have been reported in the country in the last 24 hours taking the total number of cases to 7,93,802. This is the highest spike of cases recorded in India since the outbreak of the pandemic in the country. In a single day, 475 deaths have also been reported taking the nationwide toll to 21,604.

 

The Indian Council of Medical Research, ICMR informed that a total of one crore 10,24,491 tests have been conducted in the country since the outbreak of Covid 19. A total of 2,83,659 tests were conducted by various laboratories in the country in the last 24 hours. "This is the highest number of tests conducted by the laboratories in one day since the outbreak of Covid-19", it added.

 

ICMR is continuously ramping up its testing facilities for Covid-19 by giving approval to government and private laboratories. As of now, a total of one thousand 1,169 laboratories across India have been given approval to conduct Covid-19 tests including 835 government laboratories and 334 private laboratory chains.