New Delhi: Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), the apex body at the forefront of formulating COVID-19 testing strategy in India has achieved the milestone of conducting 10 crores testing on 22nd October 2020. With average testing of more than 10 lakhs per day in the last 17 days. Till now, 74000 tests per million population have been conducted.
India has conducted the last five crores sample testing in only 45 days.
As of 8th September 2020, India had tested 5 Crores COVID-19 samples, and in less than 50 days it has reached the 10 crores mark on 23rd October 2020. This has been enabled by rapidly increasing testing infrastructure and capacity across the country. ICMR has been enhancing COVID-19 testing capability across the country by expanding and diversifying testing capacity by leveraging technology and facilitating innovation in affordable diagnostic kits.
An exponential rise in Covid-19 Samples Testing |
|
Testing in Crores |
Date |
10 Crores |
22nd Oct 2020 |
9 Crores |
13th Oct 2020 |
8 Crores |
5th Oct 2020 |
7 Crores |
25th Sept 2020 |
6 Crores |
16th Sept 2020 |
5 Crores |
7th Sept 2020 |
4 Crores |
28th Aug 2020 |
3 Crores |
16th Aug 2020 |
2 Crores |
2nd Aug 2020 |
1 Crore |
6th July 2020 |