New Delhi: India has exhibited determined resolve to expand the testing which has led to an exponential hike of COVID-19 testing. Starting from a single test in one lab in Pune in January 2020, the daily testing capacity has been scaled up to more than 10 lakh in August 2020.
The cumulative tests crossed 4.23 crore in Sunday. A record 8, 46,278 tests were conducted in the past 24 hours.
India has registered 78,512 cases in the last 24 hours (Sunday, 30th August 2020.Seven States have contributed to 70 percent of these new cases in the last 24 hours.
Of these, Maharashtra has contributed the maximum case load amounting to almost 21 percent, followed by Andhra Pradesh (13.5 percent), Karnataka (11.27 percent) and Tamil Nadu which stands at 8.27 percent. Uttar Pradesh with 8.27 percent, West Bengal with 3.85 percent, and Odisha with 3.84 percent are the remaining States contributing to the increased caseload.
Of the total cumulative number of cases, 43 percent are recorded in just three states of Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. Tamil Nadu has contributed 11.66 percent of the total cases.
Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka also account for about 50 percent of the deaths added in the last 24 hours due to COVID-19, with Maharashtra leading with 30.48 percent.
