PM Modi pointed out that the country currently has more than 11,000 COVID installations.
New Delhi:
Efforts are underway to increase testing capacity in the country to conduct up to 10 lakh COVID-19 tests per day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday.
The Prime Minister was speaking at the launch of the high-speed COVID-19 testing facilities in Noida, Mumbai and Kolkata, which he participated in via video conference.
“While we only had one Corona testing center in January, nearly 1,300 laboratories are operating across the country today. More than 5 lakh tests are conducted daily in the country today. Over the next few weeks, efforts are being made to increase the number to 10 lakh tests per day, ”he said.
He further pointed out that the country currently has over 11,000 COVID facilities and over 11 lakh isolation beds.
Welcoming the drastic increase in the number of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) kits manufactured in the country during the crisis phase, Prime Minister Modi said that there are currently 1,200 manufacturers producing more than 5 kits. PPE lakh per day.
India’s COVID tally crossed the 14 lakh mark on Monday with the highest single-day peak of 49,931 cases and 708 deaths reported in the past 24 hours, the Health and Family Ministry said. The union.
The total number of COVID-19 cases stands at 14,35,453, including 4,85,114 active cases, 9,17,568 cured / released / migrated cases and 32,771 deaths, he added.
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