Covid-19 testing capacity substantially ramped up to 49.17 crore. According to the ICMR data, as many as 22,29,798 tests were conducted on Friday taking the total cumulative tests conducted so far for detection of COVID-19 in the country to 49,17,00,577.
The weekly positivity rate also remained below 5% and is currently at 2.05%. Further, the daily positivity rate has contracted to 1.73%, less than 3% for 19 consecutive days.
India's COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 2020, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16.
It went past 60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11, crossed 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20 and surpassed the one-crore mark on December 19.