ICMR: Over 1.1 crore samples tested for COVID-19 till July 12

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The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said on Monday that a total of 2,19,103 samples have been tested for coronavirus in the last 24 hours.

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New Delhi: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said on Monday that a total of 2,19,103 samples have been tested for coronavirus in the last 24 hours.

With this, the total number of tests in India have reached 1,18,06,265.

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Meanwhile, ICMR is continuously scaling up its testing facilities for COVID-19 by giving approval to government and private laboratories.

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As of now, a total of 688 laboratories across India has been given the approval to conduct tests for coronavirus including 480 government laboratories and 208 private laboratories' chains. (ANI)










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