Record over 10.5 lakh Covid-19 tests in a day: Health Ministry

With a record over 10.5 lakh tests conducted in a day for detection of Covid-19, the number of such tests performed in the country has crossed 4.14 crore. The Union health ministry said on Sunday that the exponential jump in the testing capacity and the number of tests has resulted in an upsurge in Tests Per Million to 30,044. The ministry said with a record 10,55,027 tests conducted on Saturday, the country has further strengthened the national diagnostic capacity of testing more than 10 lakh samples for Covid-19 daily.