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Omicron spread: Covid-19 testing in India close to second wave peak

Mumbai tested 67,487 samples on Thursday -- its highest so far, even more than the last peak of 56,226 tests done on April 14 last year

A health worker testing for Covid-19 collects the swab sample of a man at a railway station in Ranchi on November 27, 2021. (PTI Photo)

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3 min read Last Updated : Jan 07 2022 | 6:05 AM IST

Covid-19 testing has hit a peak in Mumbai and is nearing its all-time high in Delhi. Diagnostic labs say there is room for growth as they are currently utilising 40-50 per cent of their capacity.

Mumbai tested 67,487 samples on Thursday -- its highest so far, even more than the last peak of 56,226 tests done on April 14 last year. Delhi tested 98,434 samples on January 6, close to its peak of 114,288 tests on April 11, 2021.

Testing across India has jumped 57 per cent in the past seven days — from 945,455 on Christmas Day to

Topics : Coronavirus Coronavirus Tests Coronavirus Vaccine

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