India on Saturday crossed a record achievement of 10 lakh samples tested for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) amid the raging pandemic outbreak. In India, the number of coronavirus test labs have now gone up to 1,511, out of which 983 are government and 528 are private labs. "Ramping up of testing facility across India was at the core of increasing testing per day. Notably, India now has a strong network of 1511 labs comprising 983 labs in the government sector and 528 private labs. These include:• Real-Time RT PCR based testing labs: 778 (Govt: 458 + Private: 320)• TrueNat based testing labs: 615 (Govt: 491 + Private: 124)• CBNAAT based testing labs: 118 (Govt: 34 + Private: 84)

Source: dna August 22, 2020 17:37 UTC