Records Corona Tests Done in India, More Than 5 Lakh People Tested For the Second Consecutive Day

On Jul 28, 2020

New Delhi : India has gained momentum in the corona test. More than 5 lakh tests have been done in the country for the second consecutive day. According to the Ministry of Health, rapid tests are being done in India. According to the Ministry of Health, 5.28 lakh tests have been done in India on Monday. Which is a record. Even before this, 5.15 lakh tests were done on Sunday. Meanwhile, yesterday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated three high class laboratories for coronavirus (SARS-CoV2) test in three different cities – Mumbai, Kolkata and Noida. The trio can do about 10,200 sample tests daily. Two laboratories are outside the National Capital Region (NCR). Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) officials say such laboratories are either using single machines or may use multiple machines to increase test capability. The future plan is to test 10 lakh samples a day using such technology.

More than 5 lakh #COVID19 tests conducted in a single day over two consecutive days. On 26th July, India tested a total of 5,15,000 samples and on 27th July, a total of 5,28,000 samples were tested: Ministry of Health & Family Welfare pic.twitter.com/fsP0blKJii
— ANI (@ANI) July 28, 2020

On Saturday, 4,42,263 samples were tested in the country with 1,62,91,331 tests of Corona in the country so far. Member of the Policy Commission, Dr. V.K. Paul told the press conference last week that “We are doing one lakh tests in a day. Three laboratories have been set up in three ICMR institutes. National Institute of Reproductive Health (NIRRH) in Mumbai, National Institute of Cholera and Kolkata Enteric Disease (NICED) and National Institute of Cancer Prevention and Research NICPR) in Noida.

NIRRH has installed COBAS 6800 machines in Mumbai. These imported machines manufactured by the Swiss company can test 1,200 samples a day, thus significantly reducing the time and backlog taken in the test. The price of each COBAS 6800 machine is about Rs 3.7 crore.

Currently, two COBAS machines are installed in the country – one at AIIMS, New Delhi, and the other at the National Center for Disease Control (NCDC), which is in the national capital.

NICED Kolkata’s high level laboratory COBAS 8800 is equipped with machines that can test 3,000 samples in a day. Each machine costs around Rs 5.7 crore. The laboratory has been developed to enhance the infrastructure for tests in the eastern part of the country.

Noida’s lab is equipped with 12 RT-PCR machines and four automated RNA extractors. It is expected to conduct 6,000 samples a day. India has ordered eight Corona test machines from the Swiss company.