Delhi has 72% recovery rate, over 20,000 Covid-19 tests done daily: Govt

The Union Health Ministry said today that despite a population of 1.3 billion people, India has been able to manage Covid-19 relatively well

A total of 35,780 tests were conducted per 1 million people till July 8 in the national capital, which has shown improvement in recent days with a recovery rate of over 72 per cent and a doubling rate of about 30 days, the Union Home Ministry said on Thursday.

"Till July 8, a total of 6,79,831 Covid-19 tests have been conducted in Delhi, that means 35,780 tests per 10 lakh people. Over 20,000 tests are being conducted daily in the national capital, said Punya Salila Srivastava, Joint Secretary, Union Home Ministry addressing a press conference here.

As of July 10,