Govt says rise in Covid-19 cases linear, not exponential; wants more tests

India had done nearly 15,000 tests for coronavirus on March 23, and more than 500,000 by April 22

India has seen a linear growth rate in coronavirus disease (Covid-19) cases and not an exponential one in the 30 days of the lockdown, with the number of confirmed patients staying in the range of 4-4.5 per cent of the total tested cases.
 

This was revealed by Environment Secretary CK Mishra, who is leading the Empowered Group-2, which is looking at the availability of hospitals and allied services.
 

The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases as on Thursday was 21,700 and the death toll was 686.
 

The number of tests conducted in the past 30 days increased 24 times to over