One lakh 28 thousand 868 samples of Corona virus tested in last 24 hours, says ICMR

New Delhi: The Indian Council of Medical Research, ICMR said that a total one lakh 28 thousand 868 samples of Corona virus were tested in the last 24 hours. With this, total number of tests reached to 39 lakh 66 thousand 75 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, total 681 laboratories across India have been given approval to conduct the test for COVID-19 including 476 government laboratories and 205 private laboratories’ chains.