India has tested over 35 million samples till date for Covid-19, says govt

Testing over 800,000 samples for six days in a row, India's total Covid-19 tests have touched 35.2 million, while the average daily positivity rate has come down from 9.67 per cent during August 3-9 to 7.67 pc over the last week, the Centre said on Sunday.

So far, 35,292,220 samples have been tested for detection of Covid-19 with 801,147 being tested on Saturday.

The steep rise in testing is a result of effective implementation of the aggressive testing strategy of the Centre through a focussed and graded approach, the ministry said.

"The rising average daily tests during the past three weeks present a