July 31, 2020: India's total Covid cases have crossed the 16 lakh mark. The highest single-day spike of 55,079 positive cases was recorded in the last 24 hours. A total of 779 deaths also reported in the last 24 hours. 
On Friday, the total cases stand at 16,38,871 including 5,45,318 active cases, 10,57,806 cured/discharged and 35,747 deaths.
The total number of COVID19 samples tested up to Thursday is 1,88,32,970 including 6,42,588 samples tested in the last 24 hours. 
The Health Ministry says that it continues to implement strategy of comprehensive testing, tracking and treatment to effectively tackle the pandemic. The objective is to raise testing capacity to 10 lakhs tests per day in medium term.