Coronavirus / Over 25 lakh samples tested for COVID-19 so far: ICMR

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Wednesday stated that over 25 lakh samples have been tested for coronavirus in India so far. Further, over 1 lakh samples were tested in the last 24 hours itself. India currently has 1.06 lakh cases of COVID-19, of which over 5,600 tested positive in the past 24 hours.

AIR : May 20, 2020, 04:11 PM
New Delhi: Indian Council of Medical Research, ICMR has said that a total one lakh eight thousand 121 samples of corona virus were tested in the last 24 hours. The figure of total number of tests reached 25 lakh 12 thousand 388 in the country.

Meanwhile, ICMR is continuously scaling up its testing facilities for COVID-19 by giving approval to government and private laboratories. As of now, 391 government laboratories and 164 private laboratories' chains have been given approval to conduct the test for COVID-19.