Recovered COVID-19 cases exceed active cases by more than 96,000

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During the last 24 hours, a total of 13,940 COVID-19 patients have been cured, taking the cumulative figure to 2,85,636. This has led to the recovery rate touching 58.24% among COVID-19 patients. The recovered cases have exceeded the active cases by 96,173.

Presently, there are 1,89,463 active cases and all are under active medical supervision.

ICMR has inducted 11 new labs in the last 24 hours. India now has 1,016 diagnostic labs dedicated to COVID-19. This includes 737 in the government sector and 279 private labs.

The numbers of samples tested every day continues to steadily grow. During the past 24 hours, 2,15,446 tests have been conducted in the labs. The total number of samples tested, as on date, is 77,76,228.