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New Delhi : ICMR has further ramped up the testing capacity for detecting the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) in infected persons. The number of government labs has been increased to 498 and private labs has been increased to 212.
Altogether 1,39,485 samples were tested in the last 24 hours. The total number of samples tested thus far is 42,42,718, according to a PIB release. The Ministry has issued fresh guidelines regarding safe ENT practices to be followed in the COVID-19 pandemic. So far, a total of 1,04,107 patients have been cured of COVID-19. The recovery rate is 47.99% amongst COVID-19 patients. At present, there are 1,06,737 active cases and all are under active medical supervision.