With 88,600 new cases, India's COVID-19 tally rises to 5,992,533
Coronavirus India Update: India reported a single-day spike of 88,600 new COVID-19 cases and 1,124 deaths in the last 24 hours, as of Sunday morning.
The total number of coronavirus cases in India has increased to 5,992,533 out of which 9,56,402 are active cases, 49,41,628 have been cured discharged while 94,503 COVID patients in India have died due to the pandemic, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said.
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According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), 7,12,57,836 samples have been tested up to September 26 for COVID-19. Of these, 9,87,861 samples were tested on Saturday.
Meanwhile, the Union Health Min Harsh Vardhan at the 79th Foundation Day of CSIR, said that "Now we've 110 PPE manufacturers in India, producing over 5 lakh/day. States who used to cry about not getting an adequate number of PPEs, now say they don't have a place to keep them when we talk about sending PPEs."
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Earlier on Saturday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during his address at the UNGA, said that "Even during these very difficult times of the raging pandemic, the pharmaceutical industry of India has sent essential medicines to more than 150 countries."
"As the largest vaccine producing country in the world, I want to give one more assurance to the global community today. India’s vaccine production and delivery capacity will be used to help all humanity in fighting this crisis," PM Modi said.
Meanwhile, the Indian Institute of Science stated that "Equine Biotech, a startup incubated at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), has developed an indigenous RT-PCR diagnostic kit called 'GlobalTM diagnostic kit' for accurate and affordable diagnosis of COVID-19."
"It has been approved for use in authorized COVID-19 diagnostic labs by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). The test takes about 1.5 hours to confirm the presence of SARS-CoV-2 in patient samples," the Indian Institute of Science added.
-PTC News
