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India conducts over one million COVID-19 tests in a day



NEW DELHI: India has crossed one million COVID-19 tests being conducted in a day, according to the Union Health Ministry on Saturday.

“India crosses the milestone of 1 million COVID-19 tests a day. More than one million people tested in the last 24 hours,” the Ministry said.

It also added that there has been a 100 percent increase in recovered cases in the last 21 days in the country, Indian media reported.

As per the graph shared by the Ministry, while 10,94,374 patients had recovered on August 1, the number of recoveries till August 21 stood at 21,58,946 in the country.

(With inputs from agencies)

Publish Date : 23 August 2020 10:31 AM

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