Chennai: The Indian Council of Medical Research has said that 5,83,12,273 samples have been tested in the country for Covid-19 up to 14 September.
India has significantly ramped up testing over the past few months and many State governments have said this is one of the reasons behind the high number of cases being reported daily.
India’s coronavirus tally surpassed 49 lakh today after a single-day spike of over 83,000 cases. The country has also reported 1,054 deaths in the last 24 hours.
As of today’s morning, India’s total caseload stands at 49,30,237 including 9,90,061 active cases. The total number of recoveries stand at 38,59,400. Meanwhile, 80,776 people in India have died after getting infected by the deadly virus.