With 11,59,032 COVID-19 tests conducted in the last 24 hours, the cumulative tests in India are nearing 13.5 crore (13,48,41,307), the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Wednesday. The Union Health Ministry said in a press release that India has demonstrated a consistent increase in the COVID-19 testing infrastructure since January 2020 resulting in an exponential increase in its testing numbers.

"Comprehensive and widespread testing on a sustained basis has resulted in bringing down the positivity rate. The progressive decline in the national cumulative positivity rate has demonstrated that the rate of spread of infection is being effectively contained. The cumulative positivity rate has been steadily falling and has touched 6.84 per cent today," the release said.