
Karnataka tests cross 4 crore mark
The Hindu
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Karnataka crossed the 4 crore mark in COVID-19 testing on Wednesday. As many as 4,02,72,152 samples have been tested in the State so far, out of which 1,67,237 were done on Wednesday. Health and Family Welfare Minister K. Sudhakar tweeted, “Karnataka crossed 4 Crore COVID-19 tests marking yet another milestone in the battle against pandemic. More than 80% of the tests conducted in State are RT-PCR tests and Karnataka has tested the third highest number of samples in the entire country.”
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