More than 4 mn Covid-19 detection tests in India so far: Health ministry

The number of test for detection of Covid-19 crossed the 4 million mark on Wednesday morning, the Union Health Ministry said as the coronavirus cases shot up to over 200,000 in the country.

A total of 41,03,233 samples have been tested as of 9 AM on June 3, with1,37,158tests being conducted in the last 24 hours since 9 AM on Tuesday, officials of the Indian Council of Medical Research said.

The testing capacity has been increased to 140,000 lakh per day through 480 government and 208 private laboratories (total 688 laboratories).

The capacity is being further raised to 200,000 samples per day, sources