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Government of India
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
06 FEB 2021 12:04PM by PIB Delhi
India registers unprecedented record in testing with more than 20 cr tests

India has registered an unprecedented record in the number of COVID-19 cumulative tests. It has crossed the landmark of 20 crore (20,06,72,589) total tests today.7,40,794 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours.

Progressive countrywide expansion in testing infrastructure has played a crucial role in the steep rise of testing numbers. With 2369 testing labs in the country including 1,214 Government laboratories and 1,155 Private laboratories, the daily testing capacity has got a substantial boost.

The cumulative positivity rate is also declining and presently pegged at 5.39%.

High level of comprehensive testing on a sustained basis has also resulted in bringing down the national positivity rate.

The  higher daily testing combined with  low daily cases have resulted in low positivity rate.

India’s total Active Caseload continues to follow a consistent downward slope. It has dropped to less than 1.5 lakh (1,48,590) today and is the lowest in 8 months.

The present active caseload now consists of just 1.37% of India’s total Positive Cases.

 

 

The country has seen less than 100 fatalities (95) in the last 24 hours.

As on 06thFebruary, 2021, till 08:00 AM, total number of vaccinated beneficiaries surpassed 54 lakhs (54,16,849) under the countrywide COVID19 vaccination exercise.

S. No.

State/UT

Beneficiaries vaccinated

1

A & N Islands

3,161

2

Andhra Pradesh

2,72,190

3

Arunachal Pradesh

11,834

4

Assam

77,225

5

Bihar

3,54,360

6

Chandigarh

5,234

7

Chhattisgarh

1,50,487

8

Dadra & Nagar Haveli

1,214

9

Daman & Diu

674

10

Delhi

1,00,079

11

Goa

7,939

12

Gujarat

3,94,416

13

Haryana

1,37,706

14

Himachal Pradesh

51,555

15

Jammu & Kashmir

41,624

16

Jharkhand

85,580

17

Karnataka

3,60,592

18

Kerala

2,86,132

19

Ladakh

1,745

20

Lakshadweep

831

21

Madhya Pradesh

3,40,625

22

Maharashtra

4,34,943

23

Manipur

6,874

24

Meghalaya

6,213

25

Mizoram

10,555

26

Nagaland

4,515

27

Odisha

2,35,680

28

Puducherry

3,532

29

Punjab

72,855

30

Rajasthan

4,14,422

31

Sikkim

5,139

32

Tamil Nadu

1,57,324

33

Telangana

1,93,667

34

Tripura

37,359

35

Uttar Pradesh

6,73,542

36

Uttarakhand

70,292

37

West Bengal

3,44,227

38

Miscellaneous

60,507

Total

54,16,849

 

The number of beneficiaries being vaccinated every day has shown a consistent and progressive increase.

India is the fastest country to reach the 5 million mark in COVID19 vaccination. This feat was achieved in merely 21 days. Several other countries have had a head start of more than 60 days in the COVID19 vaccination exercise.

 

In the last 24 hours, 4,57,404 people were vaccinated across 10,502 sessions. 1,06,303 sessions have been conducted so far. It includes 3,01,537 healthcare workers and 1,55,867 frontline workers.

India has also recorded a downfall in the daily new cases and an increase in recovered number of people. The Recovery Rate has reached nearly 97.19%. Total 1,05,10,796 people have recovered. 14,488 patients have recovered and discharged in the last 24 hours.

82.07% of the new recovered cases are observed to be concentrated in 6 States/UTs.

Kerala has reported the maximum number of single day recoveries with 6,653 newly recovered cases. 3,573 people recovered in Maharashtra in the past 24 hours followed by 506 in Tamil Nadu.

 

 

83.3% of the new cases are from 6 States and UTs.

Kerala continues to report the highest daily new cases at 5,610. It is followed by Maharashtra with 2,628, while Tamil Nadu reported 489 new cases.

 

Six States/UTs account for 81.05% of the new deaths. Maharashtra saw the maximum casualties (40). Kerala follows with 19 daily deaths and Chhattisgarh with 8. Only two states have registered a double digit daily casualty count.

                                                                                                                                        

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