Patna (Bihar) [India], July 26 (ANI): Bihar has conducted the lowest COVID-19 tests per million and has the highest positivity rate in the country, said Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav on Sunday.
New Delhi [India], July 26 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch 'high throughput COVID-19 testing' facilities on July 27 via video conferencing, the PMO said on Sunday.
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], June 26 (ANI): Aadhaar card number has been made mandatory in Rajasthan for undergoing coronavirus testing in Rajasthan as per the fresh guidelines issued by the state government.
Kohima (Nagaland) [India], July 25 (ANI): All ministers, MLAs, officers and staff, who would attend the Nagaland Assembly session beginning July 30, have to carry their negative COVID-19 test results, according to the state government.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 25 (ANI): Maharashtra Leader of Opposition Devendra Fadnavis has urged Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray to increase COVID-19 testing in Mumbai, stating that there is a threat of a "bigger spread" in the absence of aggressive testing.
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 25 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday directed officials to ramp up COVID-19 testing in the state and take the number of tests per day to 1 lakh-mark by July 27.
Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], July 25 (ANI): The per million COVID-19 testing rate in Jammu and Kashmir stood at around three-and-a-half times the national average as it reached 44,744 as against 12,742 in the country, according to the information shared by the Department of Information
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 25 (ANI): Aiming to treat COVID-19 positive people properly, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday inaugurated health facilities in Dombivli and Kalyan along with KDMC's Swab Testing Centre in Gauripada.
Kharagpur (West Bengal) [India], July 25 (ANI): Researchers at IIT Kharagpur claim to have developed a novel technology for COVID-19 rapid test ultra-portable device at a cost Rs 400.
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh), July 25 (ANI): After testing positive for coronavirus, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said he was completely healthy after tests were conducted at a dedicated COVID facility, where he got admitted in Bhopal on Saturday.