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With 347 Govt And 137 Private Labs, Covid-19 Testing Capacity In India Reaches To One Lakh Tests Per Day
Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan
In a major development in the fight against Coronavirus, India has successfully ramped up the daily capacity to test COVID-19 samples to over a lakh tests a day, reports Hindustan Times.
The development was made public by the Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Dr Harsh Vardhan. He also shared that the total number of Government-run laboratories conducting testing activity across the nation have reached over 347, while another 137 private laboratories are also carrying out the testing.
The number of Covid-19 tests in India is close to the 20 lakh mark, with the total number of tests already performed having surpassed 17,62,840.
The recovery rate in India presently stands at 31.74 per cent.
Informing about the measures being taken to contain further spread of the pandemic, Dr Vardhan said that the states have been directed to ramp up surveillance to identify severe acute respiratory illness (SARI) and influenza-like illness (ILI) to identify the presence of hidden cases.
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