New Delhi (NVI): India continues on its path of high testing for coronavirus cases with more than 8 lakh tests per day for second day in a row, the Union Ministry of Health said today.
“With a strong resolve to rapidly increase the number of tests done per day to touch 10 lakh/day testing capacity, 8,01,518 samples were tested in the last 24 hours,” the Ministry said in a statement.
The cumulative testing as on date has reached 3,17,42,782, as per the health ministry.
The Tests Per Million too have seen a sharp rise to 23,002. India followed the track of a graded and evolving strategy, steadily strengthening its nationwide network of labs in the public and private sectors.
Starting from one lab in January 2020, today 1,486 labs dot the country; 975 labs in the government sector and 511 in the private sector, the ministry said.
-ARK
