Government Aims To Conduct 25 Lakh Covid Tests Per Day: Health Minister

"Yesterday, we conducted the highest COVID tests in the world as we tested more than 20 lakh samples in India. Soon we'll take the numbers to 25 lakh per day," Dr Harsh Vardhan said.

Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Wednesday said that the government aims to ramp up daily testing to 25 lakh per day as the daily COVID-19 cases continue to see a steady decline. During his visit to Delhi's Safdarjung Hospital to review COVID-19 preparedness today, he said, "Yesterday, we conducted the highest COVID tests in the world as we tested more than 20 lakh samples in India. Soon we'll take the numbers to 25 lakh per day." According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), India has tested 32,03,01,177 samples for Covid-19 till May 18 out of these, 20,08,296 samples were tested on Tuesday. He visited the new PSA plant installed at Safdurjung hospital and a makeshift hospital with 46 beds in the premises.