<span style="color: #222222;">The number of COVID-19 cases in the country has gone up to one lakh 18 thousand four hundred 47 while the death toll rose to 3,583.<br />''<br />''Health Ministry data said, the number of active COVID-19 cases stood at 66,330. As many as  48,533 people have cured and have been discharged so far.<br />''<br />''The Indian Council of Medical Research, ICMR has said that a total of one lakh three thousand 514 samples of Corona virus were tested in the last 24 hours. The figure of total number of tests has reached 27 lakh 19 thousand 434 in the country.<br />''<br />''Meanwhile, ICMR is continuously scaling up its testing facilities for COVID-19 by giving approval to government and private laboratories. As of now, total 579 laboratories across india have been given approval to conduct the test for COVID-19 including 401 government laboratories and 178 private laboratory chains.</span><br />