Goa tops states, UTs exceeding WHO norm of 140 tests a day per mn heads

Several domains have shown better performance, with positivity rate lower than national average, says health ministry

As India rides the wave of an upsurge in testing, several States/Union Territories (UT) have exceeded 140 coronavirus tests per day per million population as advised by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and quite a few have demonstrated better performance with Positivity Rate lower than the national average, said Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

Goa has topped the list of States/UTs that have exceeded 140 tests/day/million population, with 1,584 tests.

Andhra Pradesh stands second in the list with 1,391 tests followed by Delhi and Odisha with 950 and 905 tests.

States/UTs with positivity rate lower than the national average include Rajasthan with 4.18 per cent, Uttar Pradesh with 4.56 per cent. Odisha's positivity rate is lower than the national average and stands at 5.71 per cent and Tamil Nadu's rate stands at 8.10 per cent.

Meanwhile, India's Covid-19 case tally crossed 3.5-million mark with a spike of 78,761 new cases and 948 deaths during the past 24 hours, said the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Sunday.