COVID-19: India conducts a million tests in single day

The Union health ministry on Saturday said India has crossed the milestone of conducting 1 million COVID-19 tests in a day.

The Ministry further said that the surge in recovery rate was due to early identification through testing.

It also highlighted that the recovery rate has risen by 100% in the last 21 days.

“India crosses the milestone of 1 million #COVID19 tests a day. More than 10 lakh people tested in the last 24 hours,” Health Ministry tweeted.

“Early identification through TESTING, prompt & effective TREATMENT through supervised home isolation and quality medical care, & innovative graded policy measures have resulted in almost 100% increase in recovered cases in the last 21 days,” it added.