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India's Covid-19 count crosses 100,000, sample testing at a new high

Country currently has 58,802 active cases, of whom 2.9% are in ICU; So far, 39,174 patients have been cured

Medics collect a swab sample of an air passenger from Chicago for COVID-19 test who landed in Hyderabad and arrived at his native city by bus, during the ongoing Covid-19 nationwide lockdown, in Vijayawada. Photo: PTI
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Medics collect a swab sample of an air passenger from Chicago for COVID-19 test who landed in Hyderabad and arrived at his native city by bus, during the ongoing Covid-19 nationwide lockdown, in Vijayawada. Photo: PTI

Ruchika Chitravanshi New Delhi
India crossed the 100,000-mark for novel coronavirus-positive cases as of Tuesday morning, revealed a health ministry data, while also testing a record number of 108,233 samples in a single day.
 
India currently has 58,802 active cases, of which 2.9 per cent are in intensive care unit.
 
So far, a total of 39,174 patients have been cured of Covid-19.
 
In the last one day, 4,970 new cases and 134 deaths were added to India’s tally, taking the number of confirmed cases to 101,139 and recording 3,163 fatalities.