Covid-19: Delhi has highest infection rate, Tamil Nadu is showing recovery

India had tested 383,985 people as on April 19 and found 17,615 of them (4.6%) positive. As on April 1, the number of confirmed cases in India was 2,059, or 3.5% of 47,951 tests conducted until then

India’s coronavirus infection rate – positive results as a proportion of tests conducted – has increased sharply from 3.5 per cent on April 1 to 4.6 per cent on April 19, reveal data released by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).

As on April 19, India had tested 383,985 people for Covid-19, and found 17,615 of them (4.6 per cent) to be positive for the virus. By comparison, the total number of confirmed cases in India as on April 1 was 2,059, or 3.5 per cent of the 47,951 tests conducted till then.

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