COVID-19: India Has Now Tested Over Two Crore Samples For Coronavirus

NEW DELHI: In a landmark achievement, India has tested over two crore COVID-19 samples so far. The remarkable feat has been achieved by the State and Union Territories under the guidance of Centre for management of COVID-19.

India has carried out over two crore tests for detection of COVID-19 pursuant to the key strategy of “test aggressively, track efficiently and isolate and treat promptly”, the government said on Monday, hailing the milestone as a “landmark achievement”.

The objectives of testing aggressively, tracking efficiently and isolating and treating promptly are rigorously followed by States and Union Territories in terms of the guidance given by the Health Ministry.

Effective implementation of this approach has led to ramping up the testing capacity across the country and facilitated widespread COVID testing of people. With 6,61,715 samples tested in the last 24 hours, the number of Tests Per Million in the country has increased to over 14,850.

COVID testing in the country has demonstrated a steady upward trend indicating the growing testing network. In another positive development, around 24 States and Union Territories have reported higher testing per million than the national average.

On Aug 3, a record six lakh 61,715 COVID tests were done by various laboratories. This is the highest number of COVID tests conducted in the country in a single day so far.

More than 2,08,64,000 tests have been conducted in the country till now.

Starting from less than 100 tests per day, a multiple fold increase in a few months was made possible by dedicated teams of research institutions, medical colleges, testing laboratories, Ministries, airlines and postal services. Government has created robust health infrastructure for effective management of COVID-19 pandemic within a short span.

In January this year, there was only one testing laboratory for COVID-19 in India. Now, 1,356 labs are engaged in testing the COVID samples across the country. Out of the total 917 are government labs while 439 and private laboratories.

from League of India