We're extra prepared if Covid-19 cases rise exponentially: Health ministry

Over 900 coronavirus cases have been reported in the past 24 hours, taking the total number of such cases to 8,447 in the country, the Union Health Ministry said on Sunday, while asserting that the government is ‘extra prepared’ if there is an exponential rise in the number of coronavirus patients.

Health Ministry’s Joint Secretary Lav Agarwal said the government was expanding the Covid-19 testing capacity in state-run as well as private medical colleges. 

“We are working on an urgent basis to expand the capacity for