India has exceeded the 140 per day per million Covid tests as advised by the World Health Organization by nearly six times. In a tweet, the Health Ministry said, several States and Union Territories have demonstrated better performance than the national average.

In its Guidance Note on Public Health Criteria to Adjust Public Health and Social Measures in the Context of COVID-19, the World Health Organization has advised that a country needs 140 tests per day per million population for comprehensive surveillance of suspected cases.