In India, 180 tests per day per million are being done, which is more than the adequate testing rate of 140 tests per day per million population for a prolonged period, as specified in the World Health Organization’s guidance note. “Further, 30 states / UTs have a COVID-19 testing positivity rate which is lower than the national rate. This apart, the case fatality rate has dropped to 2.43%. Many states and UTs have a case fatality rate which is lower than the national case fatality rate. The aim is to maintain this level of testing so as to bring down COVID-19 positivity rate below 5 percent,” noted Rajesh Bhushan, an official of the Indian Government’s Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
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Presenting a trajectory of COVID-19 in India, Bhushan said, “The proportion of active cases is continually decreasing, recovery rate is increasing day by day. Number of COVID-19 cases per million population in India continues to be among the lowest in the world, while there are some countries where this figure is around 12 – 13 times higher than that of India. This apart, COVID-19 related deaths per million population in India too continues to be among the lowest in the world, whereas in some countries, this figure is around 21 – 33 times higher than that of India.”
Meanwhile, Dr V K Paul, Member (Health), NITI Aayog, informed, AIIMS, New Delhi, is launching a National Clinical Grand Rounds on COVID-19 this week, in association with the Health Ministry and NITI Aayog. This will help bring out the best practices and evidence-based COVID-19 treatment followed by doctors, he added.
Paul also informed, “We will attain a COVID-19 testing capacity of more than 5 lakh [half million] per day in a few weeks, and in the medium term, we will cross 1 million tests per day as well.”
– the information in this story is courtesy a press note released by the Government of India on Tuesday.