Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], December 5 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh has become the first state to have tested more than two crore samples for COVID-19, said Additional Chief Secretary Medical and Health Amit Mohan Prasad on Saturday.
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], September 27 (ANI): King George's Medical University on Saturday achieved yet another milestone as the number of total COVID-19 samples tested by the Department of Microbiology, crossed 5 lakh mark.
New Delhi [India], September 5 (ANI): A study done by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has revealed that pooling five samples to detect coronavirus by RT-PCR may be an acceptable strategy without much loss of sensitivity even for low viral loads, while with 10-sample pools there
New Delhi [India], Aug 29 (ANI): India has tested more than 9 lakh COVID-19 samples each day for the second consecutive day, keeping a sharp focus on "Test, Track and Treat" strategy of the Union Government, Health Ministry said on Friday.
New Delhi [India], August 5 (ANI): India has continued testing over 6 lakh COVID-19 samples for the second consecutive day taking the tests per million to 15,568, Union Health Ministry said here on Wednesday.
New Delhi [India], August 3 (ANI): With 52,972 positive cases reported in India on Monday, the COVID-19 count in the country breached the 18 lakh-mark, Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said. The country also crossed the two crore-mark for the COVID-19 samples tested till August
Doda (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], July 28 (ANI): The Government Medical College (GMC) of Doda has installed a machine for detection of antibodies in COVID-19 samples.
New Delhi [India], July 24 (ANI): Close to 1.5 crore people have been tested for COVID-19 so far across the country, the Union Health Ministry said on Friday. It added that the testing has increased every day.
Patna (Bihar) [India], July 14 (ANI): Bihar is now testing as many as 10,000 COVID-19 samples in a day to combat the coronavirus pandemic, State Health Minister Mangal Pandey said on Tuesday.
New Delhi [India], July 9 (ANI): Over 2.6 lakh samples are being tested for COVID-19 per day, said Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Thursday.
New Delhi [India], July 8 (ANI): The Union Health Ministry on Wednesday said that during the last 24 hours, 2,62,679 COVID-19 samples have been tested of which more than 53,000 samples have been tested in private labs. The cumulative number of samples tested, as of now is 1,04,73,771.
New Delhi [India], June 26 (ANI): With the highest single-day spike of 17,296 COVID-19 cases reported in the last 24 hours, India's COVID-19 count reached 4,90,401 on Friday, said the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW).