The COVID-19 tests per million have seen a sharp surge. (Representational)
With a record daily rise of 77,266 in coronavirus cases, India's COVID-19 count reached 33.87 lakh on Friday and 1,057 patients died of the virus in the last 24 hours.
The Health Ministry said that the country's coronavirus case count now stands at 33,87,501 including 7,42,023 active cases, 25,83,948 cured/discharged/migrated patients. The total number of deaths has reached 61,529.
Maharashtra reported 14,361 new cases and 331 deaths on Friday. Delhi recorded 1,808 new cases and 20 deaths. The total count of cases in the national capital now stands at 1,69,412 including 1,51,473 recoveries, 13,550 active cases and 4,389 deaths.
India also tested more than 9 lakh COVID-19 samples each day for the second consecutive day, keeping a sharp focus on "Test, Track and Treat" strategy of the Union Government, Health Ministry said on Friday. The country has already created a capacity of doing 10 lakh tests per day and 9,01,338 samples were tested in the last 24 hours, the ministry said in a release.
It said that with this steady rise, the cumulative tests are nearing four crore and more than one crore samples have been tested for COVID in the past two weeks. The tests per million too have seen a sharp surge to 28,607, the release said.
